Profile of hypopituitarism in a tertiary care hospital of eastern India--is quality of life different in patients with growth hormone deficiency?
Hypopituitarism is of diverse aetiology. Apart from pituitary adenoma and Sheehan's syndrome, snakebite is a common aetiology of hypopituitarism. A total of 82 patients of hypopituitarism were studied. Biochemical and radiological investigations were done in all the cases. A quality of life questionnaire was put among the patients. Scores were calculated from the answers of the questionnaire and they were assessed about quality of life. Though growth hormone deficiency is associated with poor quality of life there were no significant differences with patients with hypopituitarism without any growth hormone deficiency.
Department of Endocrinology, IPGME&R, Kolkata.
Purushottrram
P
Chatterjee
Pradip
P
Mukhopadhyay
Kaushik
K
Pandit
Bibek
B
Roychowdhury
Dasarathi
D
Sarkar
Satinath
S
Mukherjee
Subhankar
S
Chowdhury
D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D008055:Lipids; D013006:Growth Hormone