[
    {
        "id": "osp-11501",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "The Diagnostic Yield of Thyroid Function Tests and their Cost-effectiveness in the Student Clinic at Sultan Qaboos University: Retrospective chart review",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "El-Shafie",
                "given": "Kawther"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Shaqsi",
                "given": "Asila"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Lawati",
                "given": "Badriya"
            },
            {
                "family": "Hadia",
                "given": ""
            },
            {
                "family": "Ganguly",
                "given": "Shyam S"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Adawi",
                "given": "Samir"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Shafaee",
                "given": "Mohammed"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/the-diagnostic-yield-of-thyroid-function-tests-and-their-cost-effectiveness-in-the-student-clinic-at-sultan-qaboos-university-retrospective-chart-revi",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "10",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "215-220",
        "DOI": "10.18295/2075-0528.1189",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: To assess the significance of requesting thyroid function tests (TFT) and their cost effectiveness for specific and non-specific symptoms of thyroid disease in a specific population in Oman. Methods: A retrospective chart review study was conducted in the student clinic at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman in the year 2007–2008. It included all patients (N = 319) of both sexes for whom TFTs were requested. The patients’ main complaints and the final diagnoses were collected from their medical records. Results: The most common presentations for which TFTs were requested were irregular periods (n = 82); fatiguability (n = 49), palpitations (n = 39); weight changes (n = 22); hair changes (n= 20); sensation of heat and cold (n= 18); diarrhoea and constipation (n = 13), and neck swelling (n = 13).The most common diagnoses reached in relation to these complaints were polycystic ovarian syndrome (n = 51); iron deficiency anaemia (n = 42); anxiety and depression (n = 11); thyroid disease (n = 18), and no specific diagnosis (n = 193). The percentage of thyroid diseases among females (7.1%) compared to males (1.2%) was statistically significant (P"
    }
]