Assessment of Anxiety in Subclinical Thyroid Disorders

It is well known that manifest thyroid dysfunction causes mood disorders. In the literature there are few studies related with subclinical thyroid dysfunction and anxiety. We aimed to determine if there exists a relation between the anxiety and subclinical thyroid dysfunction. This study was carried...

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Published in:ENDOCRINE JOURNAL 2004, Vol.51(3), pp.311-315
Main Authors: GÖNEN, Mustafa SAIT, KISAKOL, Gurcan, CILLI, Ali SAVAS, DIKBAS, Oguz, GUNGOR, Kagan, INAL, Ali, KAYA, Ahmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affect
Anxiety
Anxiety - complications
Anxiety - diagnosis
Beck's anxiety questionnaire
Female
Humans
Hyperthyroidism - psychology
Hypothyroidism - psychology
Male
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Subclinical hyperthyroidism
Subclinical hypothyroidism
Surveys and Questionnaires
Thyroid Diseases - psychology
Thyroxine - blood
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Summary:It is well known that manifest thyroid dysfunction causes mood disorders. In the literature there are few studies related with subclinical thyroid dysfunction and anxiety. We aimed to determine if there exists a relation between the anxiety and subclinical thyroid dysfunction. This study was carried out in the Meram Medical Faculty of Selçuk University, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Eighty-five outpatients were enrolled into the study. In the presence of normal fT3 and fT4, patients were grouped as subclinical hyperthyroid with TSH lower than 0.1 mU/L (n = 24), subclinical hypothyroid with TSH higher than 4.5 mU/L (n = 32) and euthyroid subjects (n = 29). Beck's Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was administered to all patients. There was no any statistically significant difference between euthyroid and study groups in terms of age, gender, weight and height (p
ISSN:0918-8959
1348-4540
DOI:10.1507/endocrj.51.311