Open AccessASSOCIATION BETWEEN HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS AND DEPRESSION
Author(s) -
Mariam Gigilashvili,
GURAM MATITASHVILI,
RATI RAMISHVILI
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ek'sperimentuli da klinikuri medic'ina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1512-0392
DOI - 10.52340/jecm.2022.02.04
Subject(s) - thyroiditis , medicine , depression (economics) , disease , hashimoto disease , hashimoto's disease , thyroid disease , thyroid , relative risk , psychiatry , confidence interval , economics , macroeconomics
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a disease of the thyroid gland which affects the body in various ways leading to somatic complications. In addition to that, it affects the patient’s mental health. The extent of psychiatric diseases in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is not extensively explored. The primary objective of this study was to find the association between Hashimoto’s disease and depression in female patients aged 36-50 from North America/Central America. Questionnaires were designed to assess the extent of possible depression in those patients. We compared 115 cases to 188 controls. After analyzing results, we found that relative risk for developing depression in patients with hashimoto’s disease was 1.7202 (95% CI 1.4722- 2.0099, p value< 0.001). Thus, we concluded that Hashimoto’s disease is associated with increased risk of development of depression in a given sample.