Uncertainty

"Uncertainty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The condition in which reasonable knowledge regarding risks, benefits, or the future is not available.

Descriptor ID	D035501
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.740.600.900 F02.463.785.373.820 G17.680.875 N05.715.360.750.625.850 N06.850.520.830.600.900
Concept/Terms	Uncertainty Uncertainty

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Uncertainty".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Probability [E05.318.740.600]
Uncertainty [E05.318.740.600.900]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Mental Processes [F02.463]
Thinking [F02.463.785]
Decision Making [F02.463.785.373]
Uncertainty [F02.463.785.373.820]
Biological Sciences [G]
Mathematical Concepts [G17]
Probability [G17.680]
Uncertainty [G17.680.875]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
Probability [N05.715.360.750.625]
Uncertainty [N05.715.360.750.625.850]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
Probability [N06.850.520.830.600]
Uncertainty [N06.850.520.830.600.900]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Uncertainty".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Uncertainty".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Uncertainty" by people in this website by year, and whether "Uncertainty" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 30 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2014 and 2015 and 2021 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	1	2
2014	2	1	3
2015	3	0	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	0	2	2
2019	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	2	3
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	1	1
2024	0	2	2
2025	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Uncertainty" by people in Profiles.

Leblanc NM, Muheriwa-Matemba SR, St Vil N, Alcena-Stiner D, Bond KT, Glazier A, Rosario-McCabe L, Lambert F, Smith M. Couple-centered HIV prevention and care: Endorsement, practice and uncertainty among us healthcare providers in western-central upstate New York. PLoS One. 2025; 20(2):e0299185.

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Langenbucher A, Szentm?ry N, Cayless A, Cooke D, Hoffmann P, Wendelstein J. Prediction of refraction error after toric lens implantation with biometric input data uncertainties and power labelling tolerances. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2025 Jan-Feb; 53(1):26-38.

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Langenbucher A, Szentm?ry N, Cayless A, Bolz M, Hoffmann P, Wendelstein J. Prediction of spectacle refraction uncertainties with discrete IOL power steps and manufacturing tolerances according to ISO using a Monte Carlo model. Br J Ophthalmol. 2024 May 21; 108(6):793-800.

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Langenbucher A, Hoffmann P, Cayless A, Bolz M, Wendelstein J, Szentm?ry N. Impact of uncertainties in biometric parameters on intraocular lens power formula predicted refraction using a Monte-Carlo simulation. Acta Ophthalmol. 2024 May; 102(3):e285-e295.

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Tran PT, Nduaguba SO, Diaby V, Choi Y, Winterstein AG. RSV testing practice and positivity by patient demographics in the United States: integrated analyses of MarketScan and NREVSS databases. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 08; 22(1):681.

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Cockburn J, Man V, Cunningham WA, O'Doherty JP. Novelty and uncertainty regulate the balance between exploration and exploitation through distinct mechanisms in the human brain. Neuron. 2022 08 17; 110(16):2691-2702.e8.

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Broos HC, Stamatis CA, Goodman Z, Llabre MM, Zvolensky M, Timpano KR. Situational uncertainty interacts with anxiety sensitivity and distress intolerance to predict anticipated worry and preparation for a hurricane. Anxiety Stress Coping. 2023 03; 36(2):241-258.

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Zamanzadeh DJ, Petousis P, Davis TA, Nicholas SB, Norris KC, Tuttle KR, Bui AAT, Sarrafzadeh M. Autopopulus: A Novel Framework for Autoencoder Imputation on Large Clinical Datasets. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 11; 2021:2303-2309.

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Folch DC, Fowler CS, Mikaelian L. Day time, night time, over time: geographic and temporal uncertainty when linking event and contextual data. Environ Health. 2021 05 04; 20(1):51.

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Castillo G, Lalu MM, Asad S, Foster M, Kekre N, Fergusson DA, Hawrysh T, Atkins H, Thavorn K, Montroy J, Schwartz S, Holt RA, Broady R, Presseau J. Navigating choice in the face of uncertainty: using a theory informed qualitative approach to identifying potential patient barriers and enablers to participating in an early phase chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy trial. BMJ Open. 2021 03 19; 11(3):e043929.

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