Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia
Introduction: Thyroid disorder patients have a high risk to experience depression symptoms resulting from the thyroid hormone fluctuations. The aims of this study were to evaluate the occurrence of depression symptoms and to analyze the association between depression symptoms and social-demographic...
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my.iium.irep.889552021-03-22T00:22:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/88955/ Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani Daud, Azlina Saidi, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon RC Internal medicine Introduction: Thyroid disorder patients have a high risk to experience depression symptoms resulting from the thyroid hormone fluctuations. The aims of this study were to evaluate the occurrence of depression symptoms and to analyze the association between depression symptoms and social-demographic of the patients affected by different thyroid disorders. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of one of the non-profit hospitals in the northern region of Malaysia. Depression symptoms were measured using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). Socio-demographic characteristics of the patients were gathered using the questionnaire. Patients with any thyroid disorders, above 18 years old and did not have any psychiatric disorders were included in this study. Results: The total numbers of subjects in this study were 199. The female consisted of 76.9% (153). The mean age was 46.32±15.16 years. Regarding the thyroid disorder; 35.2% (70) had hyperthyroidism, 23.6% (47) had goitre, 14.1% (28) had hypothyroidism, 14.6% (29) had autoimmune thyroid disorders while thyroid cancer was found in 12.6% (25). Determination of depression symptoms showed that 85.9% (171) had no depression, 6.0% (12) and 4.5% (9) had mild to moderate depression respectively while severe depression was found in 3.5% (7) cases. Age and patients, those not living alone significantly associated with depression symptoms (p<0.05). Conclusions: These findings would suggest that some of the thyroid patients had depression symptoms. In addition, the patients in middle aged and staying with family seem to have depression symptoms. Further studies should be performed, in order to confirm these findings. Intenational Islamic University Malaysia 2016-06-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/88955/7/88955_%20Depression%20sx%20among%20thyroid%20disorder%20patients.pdf Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani and Daud, Azlina and Saidi, Sanisah and Musa, Ramli and Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon (2016) Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 15 (Supplementary Issue 1). p. 26. ISSN 1823-4631 E-ISSN 2735-2285 https://journals.iium.edu.my/kom/index.php/imjm/article/view/1212/861 https://doi.org/10.31436/imjm.v15i1.1212 |
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Introduction: Thyroid disorder patients have a high risk to experience depression symptoms resulting from the thyroid hormone fluctuations. The aims of this study were to evaluate the occurrence of depression symptoms and to analyze the association between depression symptoms and social-demographic of the patients affected by different thyroid disorders.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of one of the non-profit hospitals in the northern region of Malaysia. Depression symptoms were measured using the Depression Anxiety Stress
Scale-21 (DASS-21). Socio-demographic characteristics of the patients were gathered using the questionnaire. Patients with any thyroid disorders, above 18 years old and did not have
any psychiatric disorders were included in this study. Results: The total numbers of subjects in this study were 199. The female consisted of 76.9% (153). The mean age was 46.32±15.16
years. Regarding the thyroid disorder; 35.2% (70) had hyperthyroidism, 23.6% (47) had goitre, 14.1% (28) had hypothyroidism, 14.6% (29) had autoimmune thyroid disorders while thyroid cancer was found in 12.6% (25). Determination of depression symptoms showed that 85.9% (171) had no depression, 6.0% (12) and 4.5% (9) had mild to moderate depression respectively while severe depression was found in 3.5% (7) cases. Age and patients, those not living alone
significantly associated with depression symptoms (p<0.05). Conclusions: These findings would suggest that some of the thyroid patients had depression symptoms. In addition, the
patients in middle aged and staying with family seem to have depression symptoms. Further studies should be performed, in order to confirm these findings. |
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