Mental Health and Well-being of Hypothyroid Women

In the previous researches it was found that the fundamental features of all thyroid conditions are exaggerated by cognitive, motivational, somatic and emotional manifestations. But in this research our aimed is to investigate the mental health and well-being of female hypothyroid patients viz a viz with their normal counterparts. Ex-post facto research design was used for this research. The sample for the study consisted of two groups. Group-I consisted of 30 female hypothyroid patients, age-range from 30 to 40 years. Group-II consisted of 30 non-hypothyroid females, compared with group-I in terms of age, education and marital status. A comprehensive methodology is applied for this and the results of research revealed that hypothyroid and non-hypothyroid women are different from each other in their mental health and well-being. Hypothyroid females found to be in a poor mental health and well-being as compared to non-hypothyroid females. High positive correlation is found between mental health and well-being of hypothyroid females. It is concluded that poor mental health affect hypothyroid female's well-being. These findings can be helpful in providing better preventive methods and treatment of hypothyroid condition patient. The present research is an effort in this direction.