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The objective are To assess of contributing factors related tohypothyroidismfor adultpatients,and find out the relationship between some demographic characteristic (age, gender, level of education ) with risk factors. Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted at theoutpatient consultation in Bagdad teaching hospitals the period between October 2014 to May 2015in order to assess the risk factors related to Hypothyroidism for adult patient at Bagdad Teaching Hospitals .A random sample consistedof (50) patients from suffering hypothyroidism who were systematically admitted to the outpatient consultation were selected one by one. A questionnaire was constructed for the purpose of the study, which is comprised of three parts that include :( 1) Sociodemographic Characteristics data(2)The past medical history for patient and family(3) Assessment of risk factors related to diet , psychological factors, social factors and medication .Content validity of the questionnaire was determine through a panel of (14) experts. Reliability and validity of questionnaire was determined through test re-test (r= 0.861) of pilot study. Data was collected by the researcher who interviewed those patients and filled out the constructed questionnaire form. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistical approach (frequency, percentage and mean of score) and inferential statistical approach (stander deviation and correlation coefficient). Results: The study findings indicated that there is highly significant difference between Women and man the incidence of hypothyroidism disease more than female. It is aged between (28-37) years old for hypothyroidism patients, the most of study sample primary graduates and urban setting. Our results also show that there is significant difference between history of thyroid disease patient and non-history of thyroid disease patients. Conclusion: from the study that past history of thyroid disease raises the risk to develop hypothyroidism disease. Recommendations: The study recommends that the further research aimed at established the new department for early detection hypothyroidism for adult patientand education program for nurses to improve the patient quality of life. Keyword: Risk factors, Hypothyroidism. I. Introduction Worldwide about one billion individuals are estimated to be iodine deficient; however, it is unknown how often this leads to hypothyroidism. In large population-based studies in Western countries with deficiency dietary iodine, 0.3–0.4% of the population haveovert hypothyroidism. A larger proportion, 4.3–8.5%, has subclinical hypothyroidism (1) .Hypothyroidism is the production of an imbalance of thyroid hormone. Hypothyroidism is simply insufficiency thyroid hormone either imbalance affects the metabolism in the body. Guyton (2000) says “hypothyroidism like hyperthyroidism is probably initiated by autoimmunity against the thyroid gland, but immunity that destructs the gland rather than stimulates it. The thyroid gland regulates the body's metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature, among other functions. Thyroid hormone maintains the rate at which your body uses fats and carbohydrates, burn calories, assist regulate body temperature, influence heart rate and helps in controlling the production of protein. Sometimes the thyroid can produce too much hormones or insufficiency

Assessment of Risk Factorsrelated to Hypothyroidism for Adult Patient at Bagdad Teaching Hospitals