title: Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with hypothyroidism.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The association between depression and thyroid function is well known. Both conditions express many similar symptoms, thus making the diagnosis and treatment difficult.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To find the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with hypothyroid.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 100 patients diagnosed as hypothyroidism were evaluated using Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS) and Hamilton scale for anxiety (HAM-A).
  
  
  METHODS
  The data were analyzed using the SPSS for Windows version 17.0 software. The quantitative data were expressed in number and percentage. The results obtained were compared using the Chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Females constituted 70% of the sample. A total of 60% reported some degree of depression based on HDRS (males - 56.63% and females - 64.29%) whereas about 63% out of the total patients screened showed some degree of anxiety (males -56.66% and females - 65.72%) based on HAM-A. The most common depressive symptom among the males was depressed mood (73.33%) and among females was gastrointestinal somatic symptoms (68.54%). The most common anxiety symptom among the males was depressed mood (70.0%) and among females was anxious mood (92.85%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Psychiatric symptoms/disorders are common in patients with thyroid dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Jandheri, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bathla
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Jandheri, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Manpreet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Jandheri, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Relan
keywords: Anxiety; depression; hypothyroid; psychiatry symptoms