Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani, Daud, Azlina, Saidi, Sanisah, Musa, Ramli, Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: RC648 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Endocrine Glands. Clinical Endocrinology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/81892/2/AINiC%202019%20PPT-Siti%20Nur%20Illiani%20Jaafar.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/81892/

Patients with thyroid disorders were found to experience depression due to several factors. The aims of this study is to measure prevalence of depression among thyroid disorder patients and find the correlation between depression and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and free Thyroxine (fT4), stress...