Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia
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...
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| author | Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani Daud, Azlina Saidi, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon |
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| description | 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), stressful life events and social support level. A cross sectional study was carried out at one of the non-profit hospital at central region of Peninsular Malaysia. Several tools used in this study including Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42) was selected to determine the level of depression, list of Life Threatening Experiences (LTE) to identify the stressful life events, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) to determine the level of social support; and Thyroid Function Test including TSH and fT4 were reviewed from the patient’s file. About 15% (n=23) patients had varies degree of depression (males - 7.8% (n=3) and females – 17.3% (n=20)). Also, there were positive correlation between depression and TSH (r=0.235, p=0.03) and stressful life events (r=0.264, p=0.001). These findings suggested that thyroid disorder patients had experience depression and correlated with TSH level and stressful life events.
KEYWORDS: Thyroid disorders, Depression, Correlation |
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| spelling | iium-818922021-01-29T04:08:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81892/ Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani Daud, Azlina Saidi, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon RC648 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Endocrine Glands. Clinical Endocrinology 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), stressful life events and social support level. A cross sectional study was carried out at one of the non-profit hospital at central region of Peninsular Malaysia. Several tools used in this study including Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42) was selected to determine the level of depression, list of Life Threatening Experiences (LTE) to identify the stressful life events, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) to determine the level of social support; and Thyroid Function Test including TSH and fT4 were reviewed from the patient’s file. About 15% (n=23) patients had varies degree of depression (males - 7.8% (n=3) and females – 17.3% (n=20)). Also, there were positive correlation between depression and TSH (r=0.235, p=0.03) and stressful life events (r=0.264, p=0.001). These findings suggested that thyroid disorder patients had experience depression and correlated with TSH level and stressful life events. KEYWORDS: Thyroid disorders, Depression, Correlation 2019-09-06 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81892/2/AINiC%202019%20PPT-Siti%20Nur%20Illiani%20Jaafar.pdf Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani and Daud, Azlina and Saidi, Sanisah and Musa, Ramli and Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon (2019) Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia. In: 2nd Andalas International Nursingg Conference (AINiC 2019), Grand Inna Padang Hotel, West Sumatera, Indonesia. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | RC648 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Endocrine Glands. Clinical Endocrinology Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani Daud, Azlina Saidi, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia |
| title | Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia |
| title_full | Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia |
| title_short | Prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in Malaysia |
| title_sort | prevalence and correlation of depression among thyroid disorder patients in malaysia |
| topic | RC648 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Endocrine Glands. Clinical Endocrinology |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/81892/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/81892/2/AINiC%202019%20PPT-Siti%20Nur%20Illiani%20Jaafar.pdf |