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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Main Authors:	Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani, Daud, Azlina, Saharin, Sanisah, Musa, Ramli, Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-515912017-01-17T04:10:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51591/ Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani Daud, Azlina Saharin, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RT Nursing 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. 2016-08-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51591/1/75._Oral_Illyani_PhD.pdf Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani and Daud, Azlina and Saharin, Sanisah and Musa, Ramli and Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah (2016) Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia. In: Medical Research Symposium & Pacific Partnership in conjunction with Kuantan Research Day 2016, 3rd-5th August 2016, Kuantan, Pahang. http://iiumedic.net/web/events/mrs2016/
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spellingShingle	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RT Nursing Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani Daud, Azlina Saharin, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia
description	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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani Daud, Azlina Saharin, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah
author_facet	Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani Daud, Azlina Saharin, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah
author_sort	Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani
title	Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia
title_short	Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia
title_full	Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia
title_fullStr	Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia
title_sort	depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/51591/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51591/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51591/1/75._Oral_Illyani_PhD.pdf
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Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia

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