Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia

Background of Study: Patients with thyroid disorders were found to have continued to experience symptoms of depression despite the great of treatment has been given to the patient to balance the thyroid hormones. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the level of depression symptoms among...

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Main Authors:	Jaafaf, Siti Nur Illani, Daud, Azlina, Saidi, Sanisah, Musa, Ramli, Nik Ahmad, Nik Noor Fatnoon
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Published:	Malaysian Psychiatric 2017
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spelling	iium-615922019-11-25T01:35:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61592/ Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia Jaafaf, Siti Nur Illani Daud, Azlina Saidi, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Noor Fatnoon R Medicine (General) RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching Background of Study: Patients with thyroid disorders were found to have continued to experience symptoms of depression despite the great of treatment has been given to the patient to balance the thyroid hormones. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the level of depression symptoms among various types of thyroid disorders patients. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out at one of the government hospital at central region of Peninsular Malaysia from August to October 2016. Patients were diagnosed as thyroid disorders, Malaysian citizen, above 18 years old and did not have any psychiatric disorders were included in this study.Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42) was selected to determine the severity of depression symptoms and interpreted as follow: less than 9-no depression, between 10 and 13-mild depression, between 14-20-moderate depression, between 21 and 27- severe depression and more than 28-extreme severe depression. Descriptive statistic was analysed by IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. Results: About 15% (23) out of 153 thyroid patients had varies degree of depression symptoms from mild to severe extremely depression. Patients who had hyperthyroid were found to have more depressed, followed by hypothyroid and thyroid cancer group. Conclusion: These findings would suggest that the depression score was higher in the patients who have hyperthyroid. A more detail and thorough study is recommended to be done, in order to confirm these findings. Malaysian Psychiatric 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61592/1/80.%20illiani_DM.pdf Jaafaf, Siti Nur Illani and Daud, Azlina and Saidi, Sanisah and Musa, Ramli and Nik Ahmad, Nik Noor Fatnoon (2017) Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 26 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2232-0385 https://www.mjpsychiatry.org/index.php/mjp/article/view/436
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topic	R Medicine (General) RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching
spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching Jaafaf, Siti Nur Illani Daud, Azlina Saidi, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Noor Fatnoon Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia
description	Background of Study: Patients with thyroid disorders were found to have continued to experience symptoms of depression despite the great of treatment has been given to the patient to balance the thyroid hormones. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the level of depression symptoms among various types of thyroid disorders patients. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out at one of the government hospital at central region of Peninsular Malaysia from August to October 2016. Patients were diagnosed as thyroid disorders, Malaysian citizen, above 18 years old and did not have any psychiatric disorders were included in this study.Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42) was selected to determine the severity of depression symptoms and interpreted as follow: less than 9-no depression, between 10 and 13-mild depression, between 14-20-moderate depression, between 21 and 27- severe depression and more than 28-extreme severe depression. Descriptive statistic was analysed by IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. Results: About 15% (23) out of 153 thyroid patients had varies degree of depression symptoms from mild to severe extremely depression. Patients who had hyperthyroid were found to have more depressed, followed by hypothyroid and thyroid cancer group. Conclusion: These findings would suggest that the depression score was higher in the patients who have hyperthyroid. A more detail and thorough study is recommended to be done, in order to confirm these findings.
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author	Jaafaf, Siti Nur Illani Daud, Azlina Saidi, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Noor Fatnoon
author_facet	Jaafaf, Siti Nur Illani Daud, Azlina Saidi, Sanisah Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Noor Fatnoon
author_sort	Jaafaf, Siti Nur Illani
title	Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort	depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of peninsular malaysia
publisher	Malaysian Psychiatric
publishDate	2017
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Depression symptoms level among thyroid disorders patients at central region of Peninsular Malaysia

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