Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial on the clinical effects of levothyroxine treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism in people aged 80 years and over

RS Du Puy, I Postmus, DJ Stott, MR Blum… - BMC endocrine …, 2018 - Springer
Background Subclinical hypothyroidism is common in older people and its contribution to
health and disease needs to be elucidated further. Observational and clinical trial data on …

Health status in patients with sub-clinical hypothyroidism

S Razvi, LE Ingoe, CV McMillan… - European Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Objective Sub-clinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is a common disorder. People with this
condition may have symptoms which could affect their perception of health. Therefore, the …

Detecting true change in the hospital anxiety and depression scale, SF-36, and hypothyroid score when monitoring patients with subclinical hypothyroidism

J Karmisholt, S Andersen - European Thyroid Journal, 2019 - etj.bioscientifica.com
Guidelines suggest that subclinical hypothyroid (SCH) patients with thyrotropin (TSH)
between 4 and 10 mU/L and symptoms associated with hypothyroidism should receive L-T4 …

Evaluating health outcomes in the treatment of hypothyroidism

MD Ettleson, M Papaleontiou - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Clinical hypothyroidism is defined by the inadequate production of thyroid hormone from the
thyroid gland to maintain normal organ system functions. For nearly all patients with clinical …

Impairment of health-related quality of life among Indian patients with hypothyroidism

C Shivaprasad, B Rakesh, K Anish… - Indian journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Aims: This study aimed to assess HRQL among Indian patients with hypothyroidism using
the SF-36 questionnaire. Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated 244 consecutive …

Establishing construct validity for the thyroid-specific patient reported outcome measure (ThyPRO): an initial examination

T Watt, JB Bjorner, M Groenvold, ÅK Rasmussen… - Quality of Life …, 2009 - Springer
Objective To establish a reliable and valid scale structure of a patient-reported outcome
measuring thyroid-specific quality of life. Methods The 98-item ThyPRO questionnaire was …

Health-related quality of life in levothyroxine-treated hypothyroid women and women without hypothyroidism: a case–control study

B Romero-Gómez, P Guerrero-Alonso… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of levothyroxine is not always related to the elimination of the symptoms of
hypothyroidism. The aim of this study is to compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) …

Quality of life in patients with hyperthyroidism: where do we stand?

R Vita, A Caputo, MC Quattropani, T Watt… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - cab.unime.it
Aim. This review aims at gathering the most updated literature on the quality of life (QoL) in
patients with hyperthyroidism. Method: We searched PubMed from inception to May 20 …

A biopsychosocial approach to primary hypothyroidism: treatment and harms data from a randomized controlled trial

BT Brown, PL Graham, R Bonello, H Pollard - Chiropractic & manual …, 2015 - Springer
Background Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine condition. There is evidence to suggest
that, for a proportion of sufferers, the standard medical treatment does not completely …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of long-term combination LT4 and LT3 therapy for improving hypothyroidism and overall quality of life

A Tariq, Y Wert, P Cheriyath, R Joshi - Southern medical journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: Hypothyroidism results in decreased mood and neurocognition, weight gain,
fatigue, and many other undesirable symptoms. The American Association of Clinical …