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quality of life
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Abstract
Background. Hypothyroidism is a chronic disease requiring lifelong treatment which is usually hormonal. Despite its progress in therapy often appear bothersome symptoms such as fatigue, sleepiness, depression, constipation, constant feeling of cold. Hypothyroidism can cause subjectively reduce in quality of life and changes in the functioning of the biopsychosocial status. Objectives. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of hypothyroidism on quality of life. Material and methods. The study involved 60 patients (56 women and 4 men) aged over 18 years diagnosed with who were under the control of the endocrine clinic. In the study we used medical data analysis and the WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire to assesa the quality of life in patients with hypothroidism. Results. The average quality of life of patients with hypothyroidism is worse than in the control group (3.4 ± 0.83 vs. 3.8 ± 0.56). Self-assessment of health status in the group of patients with:is much worse (2.8 ± 0.89) than in the control group and it is statistically significant. In each domain, patients with hypothyroidism have achieved worse results than the control group. Differences statistically significant p < 0.05 was observed in the somatic, psychological and social domain of the WHOQoL-BREF. Conclusions. The study found no relationship between subjective assessment of the quality of life of people with hypothyroidism and the fact of illness. In contrast, the disease affects the quality of life, health and dependent on individual areas of life. The socio-demogrfaic factors influence the results.References
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