| Literature DB >> 19616322 |
Samia Sabeen1, Caroline Chou, Suzanne Holroyd.
Abstract
The objective of the study was to find the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in long-term care patients referred to psychiatry. We reviewed 868 charts of long-term care residents referred for psychiatric consultation to the university-based psychiatry outreach service. Data obtained were demographics, psychiatric and thyroid diagnoses, and TSH data. Of 868 patients, 10.8% had elevated TSH, 8% in those with a prior diagnosis of hypothyroidism. TSH was low in 0.07%. Elevated TSH was associated with female gender (p<0.001) and a trend with psychosis (p=0.056). No association was found with depression or behavioral disturbance in this study. Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19616322 DOI： 10.1016/j.archger.2009.06.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Gerontol Geriatr ISSN： 0167-4943 Impact factor: 3.250