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Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2022 Apr 1;49(9):1058–1066. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.211084

Table 3:

The Association of Uncertainty with Mental Health

	Correlation coefficient	p-value
Overall
MUIS and PHQ-8	0.43	<0.0001
MUIS and GAD-7	0.33	<0.0001
MUIS and SIP	0.28	0.0012
AAV
MUIS and PHQ-8	0.56	0.0001
MUIS and GAD-7	0.45	0.003
MUIS and SIP	0.57	0.0001
IgG4-RD
MUIS and PHQ-8	0.17	0.20
MUIS and GAD-7	0.22	0.09
MUIS and SIP	0.01	0.93
SSc
MUIS and PHQ-8	0.60	0.0007
MUIS and GAD-7	0.25	0.18
MUIS and SIP	0.59	0.0005

AAV: ANCA-Associated Vasculitis; IgG4-RD: IgG4-Related Disease; SSc: Systemic Sclerosis; MUIS: Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale; PHQ-8: Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale; GAD-7: General Anxiety Disorder; SIP: Sickness Impact Profile