The purpose of this study was to investigate the implications of using the Clinical Health Assessment Questionnaire (CLINHAQ) in assessing arthritis patients to develop interventions to increase their health satisfaction. After interviewing patients in an arthritis and rheumatology medical practice in southeast Texas, it was hypothesized that persons with arthritis were depressed and anxious. The CLINHAQ and the anxiety and depression subscales from the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS) were administered to 146 arthritis patients. Multiple regression, correlation analysis, and ANOVAs were calculated to determine relationships of variables that affect health satisfaction. Multiple regression calculated the variation of nine variables which account for 39.9 percent (p=<.0001) of the variation in health satisfaction. Of those nine variables, two variables including the Visual Analog Scales (VAS) for pain and global severity account for 37.1 percent (p=<.0001) of the variation in health satisfaction. ANOVAs for health satisfaction revealed significant differences between AIMS Groups (p=.0038), Global Severity Groups (p=<.0001), and Pain Groups (p=<.0001). There were positive correlations between degree of Health Satisfaction and pain, global severity, fatigue, gastrointestinal (GI), and AIMS. In order to increase health satisfaction of arthritis patients, interventions should include pain management and promoting a positive life view when considering all of the ways that arthritis affects the person.