The Impact of Changes regarding Working Circumstances during COVID-19 Pandemic upon Patients Evaluated for Thyroid Dysfunction

Anca Popa, Aurelia-Ioana Chereji, Monica Angelica Dodu, Ioan Chereji, Andreea Fitero, Cristian Marius Daina, Lucia Georgeta Daina, Dana Badau (), Daniela Carmen Neculoiu () and Carmen Domnariu
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Anca Popa: Department of Endocrinology, Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Oradea, 410169 Oradea, Romania
Aurelia-Ioana Chereji: Department of Animal Science and Agritourism, Faculty of Environmental Protection, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Monica Angelica Dodu: Department of Animal Science and Agritourism, Faculty of Environmental Protection, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Ioan Chereji: Department of Animal Science and Agritourism, Faculty of Environmental Protection, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Andreea Fitero: Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Cristian Marius Daina: Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Lucia Georgeta Daina: Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Dana Badau: Petru Maior Faculty of Sciences and Letters, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania
Daniela Carmen Neculoiu: Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, 500068 Brasov, Romania
Carmen Domnariu: Faculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University, 550169 Sibiu, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-11

Abstract: We evaluated patients who presented with thyroid dysfunction correlated symptoms that started when the Government took important measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These measures have influenced the safety of many people’s jobs. Data were collected from 378 patients that were clinically evaluated at the Endocrinology Department, between September 2020 and January 2021. Their health status modifications were statistically analyzed in correlation with their life and work changes. These changes were induced by measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The lifestyle changes correlated with the COVID-19 pandemic have been present in both categories of patients: euthyroid and dysthyroid patients; 87.50% of euthyroid patients physically felt the pandemic-induced changes in their lives. It resulted in changes in lifestyle and job insecurity has a statistically significant influence ( p < 0.01) on their state of health. The presence of life/work changes in men is strongly reflected in their state of health ( p = 0.0004). Work instability that occurred as a side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic induced symptoms that made many people believe they have an endocrinology disorder.

Keywords: thyroid dysfunction symptoms; measures; lifestyle changes; symptoms; COVID-19 pandemic; work instability; endocrinology disorder (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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