Association between affective temperaments and psychosomatic symptoms in women with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is a prevalent autoimmune disease of thyroid gland with a shared immunological mechanism with mood disorders. Affective temperament (AT) is a biologically determined personality trait that has been linked to mood disorders. The aim of this study was to examine the association between dominant AT and levels of psychosomatic symptoms in women newly diagnosed with HT in comparison to clinically healthy subjects.

Methods

The observational cross-sectional study with nested case control study was involving 146 consecutive participants, who were divided into three groups. The two study groups consisted of women with HT (73), including 49 with hypothyroid HT and 24 with euthyroid HT, and the third group was a control group of healthy participa

SUBMITTER: Stanic G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10427010 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature