| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: Hypothyroidism is a common
condition in Sri Lanka as it is world-wide. Most
of the people were getting treatment for
hypothyroidism in Jaffna. By having good
knowledge on usage of thyroxin medicine, can
be improving the quality of life. The aim of the
study was to evaluate knowledge on usage of
thyroxin tablet and assess relationship
between sociodemographic factors and
knowledge among primary hypothyroidism
patients. A descriptive cross-sectional study
was conducted in 2019, used interviewer
administered questionnaire, include whole
population who had primary hypothyroidism
and SPSS 25 and chi square test were
performed to found out the relationship.
Among the participants’ majority were
females (88.5%), in between age of eighteen to
thirty and mean age was 37.5 years. Most of
the participants (97.7%) knew thyroxin
should be taken as once daily, 94.1% knew
that thyroxin should take in early morning at
empty stomach, 62% knew thyroxin should
store in brown colour container. Only 19%
knew that thyroxin can cause side effects, 40%
was knew that consult the doctor when notice
any side effects following ingestion of thyroxin
however only 19% was knew that should
consult the doctor if missed tablet more than 3
days. Nearly two third of the participants
(64.9%) had poor knowledge. Factors were
assessed and no relationship identified. To
improve the patients’ knowledge, increase the
availability of articles in newspapers, internet
and books in their own mother tongue and
small session can be carried out during clinics. | en_US |
