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Objective To research the illness uncertainty in people with pregnancy-induced hypertension and explore its influencing factors. Methods We investigated 150 cases of pregnancy-induced hypertension patients with Adaption of the General Information Questionaire, Mishel′ s Uncertainty in illness Scale, Social Support Rating Scale. Results The score of illness uncertainty was (66.79 ± 11.02) points. The illness uncertainty states for 76% of the patients was higher than normal. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the severity of disease,degree of education,the number of pregnancy, subject support were major influencing factors. Conclusions There are higher level of illness uncertainty in the patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension.Medical workers should pay attention to the influencing factors of the illness uncertainty,and take action to lower the level of the illness uncertainty.