الدرجة و الفروق في القلق لمرضى اضطرابات الغدة الدرقية لدى مراجعي عيادة الغدد الصماء في مستشفى الملك عبد العزيز التخصصي بمدينة الطائف-المملكة العربية السعودية

Abstract EN

According to psychological effects of thyroid disorders on the patient, the study attempts to shed light on the relationship between anxiety and thyroid disorder among sample of patients, and explore the anxiety mean based on thyroid disorder type (hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism) and to identify the differences in anxiety mean based on thyroid disorder type and age category.

A sample of 600 outpatients (both sexes) of endocrine clinics at King Abdulaziz specialist hospital in Taif city was selected, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Anxiety Scale Taylor was administrated.

And the results show that anxiety mean for hypothyroidism patients was 3.23 out of 5.0, and anxiety mean for hyperthyroidism patients was 3.22 out of 5.0 and there are no significant differences in anxiety score based on thyroid disorder and based on age category.

This study concludes with a number of recommendations, which the important one is having counseling programmers and psychological support for thyroid disorder patients.