Health Condition 1: F338- Other recurrent depressive disorders Health Condition 2: E039- Hypothyroidism, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized Homoeopathic medicine: Patients satisfying inclusion criteria will be included in the study. Proper case taking of all enrolled patients will be done in standardized case
Sponsors
Dr Arshi Khan
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient of age 18 year to 60 year of either sex. 2. Patient giving consent to participate. 3. Patient with hypothyroidism, defined as having a serum TSH level between 4.5 mIU/L and 20 mIU/L, who also have comorbid depression meeting DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and a HAM-D score above 7.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient of age less than 18 years and above 60 years. 2. Patient who has been taking psychiatric medications or medications for hypothyroidism from modern or another system of medicine within last 2 month. 3. Patient having HAM-D score more than 18. 4. Patient in gestational period. 5. Patient with other serious mental illness. 6. Patient with other complicated systemic diseases (Renal Failure, Neoplasm, Epilepsy, Cardiovascular diseases etc.)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the effect of individualized homoeopathic medicine in the cases of depression associated with hypothyroidism using Hamilton Depression Rating Score and serum TSH level before and after treatmentTimepoint: 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NILTimepoint: NIL | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Vishwajeet Gupta
State National Homoeopathic Medical College And Hospital Lucknow
Outcome results
None listed