assessment of the carpal tunnel syndrome in female patients with hypothyroidism

Introduction: carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most common entrapment neuropathy.there are several factors that influence the severity of cts. the purpose of this study was toexplore the severity of cts in hypothyroid patients.methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in the university clinic. seventy-sixparticipants with a clinically and electrophysiological confirmed diagnosis of cts wereincluded in the study. the demographic data and severity of cts were analyzed based onthe presence (n=38) or the absence (n=38) of primary hypothyroid disease. thirty-eighthypothyroid patients who were being treated were included in this study. for the assessment ofthe severity of cts, the boston questionnaire (bctq) and electrodiagnostic tests were used.for data analysis, an independent sample t-test and chi-squared test were carried out. a p<0.05was considered significant.results: the mean age of hypothyroid and non-hypothyroid cts patients was 46.21±7.22 and44.24±8.02 years, respectively. body mass index (bmi) was >30 kg/m2 in both groups. therewas no significant difference in demographic data among the two groups. the mean score ofsymptom severity in hypothyroid and non-hypothyroid-cts patients were 30.37±10.84 and35.89±7.19, and also functional status was 21.71±9.04 and 25.92±6.62, respectively. there wasa significant difference between the two groups, in terms of symptom severity scale (p=0.017,95% ci, 31.14%, 35.48%) and functional status scale (p=0.023, 95% ci, 21.95%, 25.67%). interms of electrophysiological findings, there was no statistically significant difference betweenthese two groups.conclusion: the results of this study indicated that, contrary to expectation, the severity ofcts is higher in non-hypothyroid patients than in hypothyroid patients.