Development and initial validation of a brief measure of uncertainty in rheumatic disease

Caleb Bolden, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, April Jorge, Angela Wen, Christine Yeung, Claire Cook, Flavia V. Castelino, Hyon K. Choi, Cory Perugino, John H. Stone, Elyse R. Park, Corrie Stone-Johnson, Stacey Ivits, Peter A. Merkel, Zachary S. Wallace, Daniel L. Hall

Journal of Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary, International Journal

Published online on January 31, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print.
Patients with rheumatic diseases face uncertainty which is associated with decreased well-being. Current abbreviated uncertainty measures use non-statistically derived sample questions. Using a multiphase approach, we developed a brief measure of ...