Assessment of environmental risk factors effects on hypothyroidism in pregnant women

Momtazan, Mahboobeh; Tabahfar, Raha; Rezaee, Soraya; Valipour, Aliasghar; Jamei, Fatemeh; Geravandi, Sahar; Aslanpour Alamdari, Farzaneh; Farokhi, Shima; Shouri Bidgoli, Alireza; Adeli Behroz, Hamidreza; Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad

doi:10.29252/ArchHygSci.7.1.12

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Momtazan M, Tabahfar R, Rezaee S, Valipour A, Jamei F, Geravandi S, et al . Assessment of environmental risk factors effects on hypothyroidism in pregnant women . Arch Hyg Sci 2018; 7 (1) :12-16
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Assessment of environmental risk factors effects on hypothyroidism in pregnant women

Mahboobeh Momtazan ^*

¹, Raha Tabahfar²

, Soraya Rezaee²

, Aliasghar Valipour²

, Fatemeh Jamei²

, Sahar Geravandi³

, Farzaneh Aslanpour Alamdari³

, Shima Farokhi³

, Alireza Shouri Bidgoli⁴

, Hamidreza Adeli Behroz⁵

, Mohammad Javad Mohammadi⁶

1- Abadan school of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran.
2- Abadan school of Medical Sciences
3- Asadabad School of Medical Science
4- Qom University of Medical Sciences
5- Asadabad School of Medical Sciences
6- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science

Abstract: (4467 Views)

Background & Aims of the Study: The purpose of this study, was association of environmental factors of hypothyroidism in pregnant women in Abadan during 2016.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive research, 600 women were chosen according to random – stratified sampling. For this purpose at first an information form had been made then the files of pregnant women were checked to realize whether they have Hypothyroidism or not. After this they were asked to visit health centers to fill up the questionnaire at the appointed day. After filling up the questionnaire by each person, the interviewer give a code to each questionnaire related to the person and the center she visited and the information provided by each questionnaire was entered in SPSS according to the coding.
Results: The results showed that approximately environmental factors are one of the most important affects in accelerating of hypothyroidism in pregnant women. According result this study, there is a meaningful relation between hypothyroidism and factors smoking, air pollution, allergy and radiotherapy.

Conclusion: finding our study showed that many of the environmental factors that are indicated in pregnancy references as risks for Hypothyroidism were seen in Abadan pregnant women and some of the factors are more common in healthy women. As result, it’s necessary to do examinations before pregnancy to control the situation.

Keywords: Environmental, Risk factors, pregnant women, Abadan, Iran

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Type of Study: Original Article | Subject: Epidemiology
Received: 2017/05/3 | Accepted: 2017/11/8 | Published: 2018/01/1

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