None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The rationale of this project is to study hypogonadism in the background of regional north Queensland. In the setting of a small population with a relatively variable socioeconomic status attributed to the mining and farming industry, it is interesting to evaluate the different causes of hypogonadism ranging from pathological causes to lifestyle choices with respect to exogenous steroid intake and a widespread use of complementary and alternative medicines. This study will also be stratifying how the level of testosterone may provide an insight to the primary general practitioner as to the possible causes of hypogonadism and if there is any correlation between the two parameters. Furthermore, a study on males with hypogonadism in regional Australia has not been previously undertaken. With the knowledge that a low serum testosterone is known to provide various clinical complications such as increased microvascular disease, hyperlipidaemia, osteopenia, fatigue, weakness and psychological distress from impaired libido it is important to conquer these patients early and attempt to find any underlying cause behind these patients’ hypogonadism.
Interventions
We are doing a retrospective chart study on the profile of males who have developed hypogonadism within Mackay Base Hospital over the last 10 years. We will be looking at the patient's demographic profile, previous medical conditions/surgeries/medication, the symptoms that led them to the diagnosis (fatigue, headache, loss of libido, infertility, low mood), previous examination findings (weight/BMI, neurological finidngs, blood sugar, testicular examination) any investigation results (biochemica
We are doing a retrospective chart study on the profile of males who have developed hypogonadism within Mackay Base Hospital over the last 10 years. We will be looking at the patient's demographic profile, previous medical conditions/surgeries/medication, the symptoms that led them to the diagnosis (fatigue, headache, loss of libido, infertility, low mood), previous examination findings (weight/BMI, neurological finidngs, blood sugar, testicular examination) any investigation results (biochemical or radiological and risk factors for developing the disease (alcohol, radiation, drug-usage, smoking history). All information will be gathered from charts (with previous history of hypogonadism) within Mackay Base Hospital , and relevent information will be transferred to the database collection tool. No patient contact is involved. (passed through ethics and public health act).
Sponsors
Apoorva Saboo
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
all patients aged over 18 years with biochemical hypogonadism within Mackay Base Hospital in the period of June 2004-June 2014
Exclusion criteria
Patients under the age of 18, severe chronic renal failure, or liver cirrhosis.
Outcome results
None listed