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KMID : 0380319720080000113
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Journal of Korean Research Institute for Better Living
1972 Volume.8 No. 0 p.113 ~ p.124
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A Clinical Study on Patients with Throid Diseases Before and After Doing RI^131 Test
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Abstract
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Ninety nine patients with thyroid deseases visited the Radioisotopes Laboratories at the Nuclear Medical Research Institute and the Woo Suk University Hospital during the period of July to September, 1971 were analysed on the basis of age and sex incidence of thyroid disease. Moreover; their psychological condition in three situations-(a) when the thyroid diseases were found, (b) when the RI^131 Tests were given, and (c) when the findings were known-were examined.
It is hoped the the findings of the study may be useful in planning for a better nursing care program of the thyroid disease patient, especially in a laboratory situation.
The findings of this study were as follows:
1. Of the total cases, 52.5% were Euthyroidism, 42.4% Hyperthyroidism, 3.1% Hypothyroidism, and 2.0% tyroditis.
2. Thyroid diseases were frequently observed in the age interval 20-40 (73.7%). The detailed analysis of this showed that the the rates of thyroid diseases found in each age interval, 21-30, 31-40 and 41-50, were 29.4%, 26.3% and 18% respectively.
3. As to the psychological conditions, "anxiety" was found most frequently (68.7%), when the thyroid disease was discovered. The detailed analysis showed that "anxiety" was discovered in 45.5% of the total male patients and in 71.4% of the total female patients.
4. In the RI^131 test, 45% of the patients given instructions said that they felt "safe and secure"; however, some patients (30.4%) had the feeling of fear as to whether they would experience pain and suffering owing to the test, and some patients (9.2%) were afraid of having gland, lung and gastro intestinal tract trouble because of the test. Tere were some (11.1%) who feared both the actual test and the strange facilities.
5. 55.5% of the patients had a feeling of security after having known the results of their test, but some (33.3%) had a feeling of fear as to whether or not it cancer would be diagnosed. The remaining patients (11.1%) said that they would be able to adapt themselves to any situation, even in the case of an unhappy outcome.
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