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Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with hypothyroidism
Manish Bathla1, Manpreet Singh1, Pankaj Relan2
1Department of Psychiatry, MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Jandheri, Haryana, India.
Context:
The association between depression and thyroid function is well known. Both conditions express many similar symptoms, thus making the diagnosis and treatment difficult.
Aims:
To find the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with hypothyroid.
Settings And Design:
Cross-sectional study.
Materials And Methodology:
A total of 100 patients diagnosed as hypothyroidism were evaluated using Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS) and Hamilton scale for anxiety (HAM-A).
Statistical Analysis Used:
The data were analyzed using the SPSS for Windows version 17.0 software. The quantitative data were expressed in number and percentage. The results obtained were compared using the Chi-square test.
Results:
Females constituted 70% of the sample. A total of 60% reported some degree of depression based on HDRS (males - 56.63% and females - 64.29%) whereas about 63% out of the total patients screened showed some degree of anxiety (males -56.66% and females - 65.72%) based on HAM-A. The most common depressive symptom among the males was depressed mood (73.33%) and among females was gastrointestinal somatic symptoms (68.54%). The most common anxiety symptom among the males was depressed mood (70.0%) and among females was anxious mood (92.85%).
Conclusions:
Psychiatric symptoms/disorders are common in patients with thyroid dysfunction.
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