วารสารการแพทย์และวิทยาศาสตร์สุขภาพ (Journal of Medicine and Health Science)
Abstract
The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to compare the utility of anti-thyroid drug and radioactive iodine in patients with Graves' disease (GD) at Damnoensaduak hospital, Ratchaburi, Thailand. This study included all patients who were diagnosed with Graves' disease during September 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012. There were 114 patients with Graves' disease in whom 80 patients were treated with anti-thyroid drug and 34 patients were treated with radioactive iodine. The utility was measured by using the EuroQol (EQ-5D) in Thai version. The health utility of patients treated with anti-thyroid drug or radioactive iodine were compared by using t-test independent. The results showed that the utility of GD was 0.698 ± 0.22. The utility of anti-thyroid drug and radioactive iodine patient were 0.675 ± 0.23 and 0.754 ± 0.18 respectively. The utility of anti-thyroid drug was not significant different from the utility of radioactive iodine (p-value=0.07)
