Association of Thyroid Dysfunction with Depression in a Teaching Hospital

Results: Fifteen patients (21%) were found to have thyroid dysfunction, the most common being sub-clinical hypothyroidism, seen in 8 (11%). Thyroid dysfunction also showed positive correlation with depression severity. The diagnosis of depression by ICD- 10 DCR Criteria had positive correlation with HDRS grading of depression, though no significant association was found between different socio- demographic variables and depression. Conclusions: This study concluded that thyroid dysfunction is common in depressed patients and larger studies are required in this field before TFTs are considered as an integral part of evaluation of these patients.