التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Alternative and Complementary Support for People with Hypothyroidism |
| المؤلفون: |
Norrgård, Chelsea |
| سنة النشر: |
2019 |
| المجموعة: |
Theseus.fi (Open Repository of the Universities of Applied Sciences / Ammattikorkeakoulujen julkaisuarkisto) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
fi=Hoitotyö|sv=Vård|en=Nursing, hypothyroidism, alternative medicine, complementary medicine, thyroxine, combination therapy, iodine intake, fatigue-coping, desiccated thyroid extract, physical activeness, Nursing, Health Care and Social Welfare |
| الوصف: |
Comprehensive care for those suffering from hypothyroidism is not a common practice. General practitioners and nurses tend to focus simply on restoring hormone levels of patients to their proper ranges, but neglect treating the numerous other symptoms and comorbidities that can come along with hypothyroidism. Alternative and complementary therapies are seldom suggested to those with the condition. This leaves many hypothyroid patients feeling that their treatment is suboptimal even when their hormone levels fall within the proper reference range. The aim of the study is to gain a clearer picture of what alternative and complementary therapies are available to those with hypothyroidism and review their efficacy with the hope that there may be more options that nurses can encourage their patients to explore in the future. In this systematic scoping literature review, an inductive approach was used to analyze 12 articles. This study is intended to take a comprehensive look at alternative or complementary therapies that could be offered to a hypothyroid patient instead of or in addition to traditional thyroxine-replacement therapy and the research into their current efficacy. The study questions were categorized are divided into two categories: alternative therapies and complementary therapies. The therapies identified include combination therapy, desiccated thyroid extract, age-, gender-, and ethnicity-specific TSH reference range limits, physical exercise, diet, fatigue-coping strategies, and the time of day medication is taken. The results reveal that there is a lack of research into this topic. Only a handful of scientific studies have been performed to identify additional therapies for hypothyroid patients and the efficacy of these therapies are still very unclear. This greatly highlights a need for continued studies into this topic with the hope that nursing care can improve for these patients. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
bachelor thesis |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
http://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/263584Test; URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019112823051 |
| الإتاحة: |
http://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/263584Test |
| حقوق: |
fi=All rights reserved. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.|sv=All rights reserved. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.|en=All rights reserved. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.| |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.C5C00C16 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
