Comparıson of emotional state in hyperemesis gravidarum patients with and without normal thyroid function tests

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the mood differences between those with normal thyroid function test (TFT) and those with normal TFT in patients with hyperemesis gravidarum. Therefore, thyroid function tests of pregnant women who were diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum during the three-month study period were evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups according to normal and abnormal thyroid function tests. Each group consisted of 50 patients. The demographic characteristics of both groups were recorded and Beck depression and anxiety scales were applied to the groups. Although the Beck depression inventory score was 58% in pregnant women with normal TFT and 56% in non-normal patients, this difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05). According to Beck Anxiety Inventory scores, there was a statistically significant difference between patients with abnormal TFT and patients with normal TFT (p<0.05). Also, patients with abnormal TFT tended to be more anxious than those with normal TFT (p<0.1). A moderately strong negative correlation was found between Beck depression and Beck anxiety inventory scores in the patient group with abnormal TFT (Spearman's rho =-0.403; p=0.004). In addition, there was a weak negative correlation between Beck depression inventory score and social security status (Spearman's rho = -0.287; p=0.043), while a weak positive correlation was found between Beck depression inventory score and history of miscarriage (Spearman's rho = 0.287; p=0.043). In this study, although there was no significant difference in depression between patients with hyperemesis gravidarum with and without normal TFT, it was determined that anxiety levels were higher in patients with abnormal TFT compared to those with normal TFT.