Awareness of Causes, Consequences and Preventive Measures  of Thyroid Disorder among Women in Punjab

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Thyroid Disorder, Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Awareness, Incidence.

Background and Objective: Thyroid is very common disease now-a-days and women are more risk prone

than men. Therefore, main objective of the present study is to examine the awareness of thyroid disorders

among the women of Jalandhar, Punjab.

Method: Primary data was collected from 200 women of Jalandhar with the help of a well-structured

questionnaire.

Result: The result of the study demonstrated that age and family history were the important factors which

influence thyroid disorder among women. The study clearly depicted that majority of the respondents were

not aware of the symptoms and preventive measures of Thyroid. Thyroid leads to a rise in goiter, stress and

depression which requires prevention at the early stage.

Conclusion: The significant determinants of awareness of Thyroid were age, education, family history and

its incidence. The study suggested that one should take prevention measures after observing the symptoms

like sudden weight gain, excessive hair fall, voice change and sore throat.

Pooja Kansra1 , Vedica Awasthi2

1 Associate Professor and Corresponding Author, Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, India, 2 Research Scholar, Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, India