DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2022.v10i08.006

Pages: 1199-1204

Introduction: In patients with endocrine diseases a high prevalence of mood disorders in general and particularly of major depression (MD) has been commonly found. Specifically, regarding thyroid diseases, the prevalence of depressive symptoms in hypothyroidism is near to 50%. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was conducted to determine the status of depression in patients with hypothyroidism attending in a tertiary level hospital. Materials & Methodology: This Cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the Out Patient Department (OPD), Medicine Department in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, and Dhaka, Bangladesh from 4 months September to December, 2012. Due to time and resource constraint only 90 sample were collected. Analysis was performed by using a computer based statistical program SPSS-16 and MS-Excel 2016. Result: Among the respondents the highest frequency 27.8% was in the age group up to 25 years. This was followed by 23.3% who were in the age group 26-30 years, 21.1% were up to 31-35 years of age 17.8% were in 36-40 years, while 10% were above the age of 40 years (Mean 30.976.62 years). Majority of the respondents 84.4% were under treatment within 5 years and the rest 15.6 % were taking treatment over 5 years.64.4% of the respondents were under control, 20% were deteriorated and 15.6% were same as before. Among the respondents, 51.1% had no depression, 11.1% had mild depression, 35.6% had moderate depression and 2.2% had severe depression. Conclusion: The current study reveals that there is a significant association between development of depression and hypothyroidism. During the treatment of hypothyroidism, the depressive illness among the patient should be given emphasis and further study with larger sample size is recommended.