Pro-Health Behaviours and Depressive Symptoms as Well as Satisfaction with and Quality of Life Among Women with Hashimoto’s Disease

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ID16946260
AuthorsMaria Gacek (0000-0001-8798-3545, University School of Physical Education in Kraków, corresponding author), Agnieszka Wójtowicz (0000-0002-4589-1375, University School of Physical Education in Kraków), Jolanta Kędzior (University of Bielsko-Biała)
Year2025
Volume15
Issue6
Pages97
Publication date2025-06-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2174-8144 • E-ISSN: 2254-9625
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/ejihpe15060097
PMID40558840
OpenAlexW4410999338
LanguageEN
References cited75

Background: Lifestyle is one of the important factors determining health and quality of life. The aim of the study was to analyse relationships between pro-health behaviours, depression and quality of life among women with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Material and methods: The study was conducted among 219 women aged 20–50 from southern Poland, using (i) Juczyński’s Healthy Behaviour Inventory (HBI); (ii) Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI); (iii) satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) and (iv) WHOQoL-Bref (Quality of Life-BREFF). In the statistical analysis, Spearman’s R correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were applied, assuming a significance level of α = 0.05. Results: It was shown that with the increase in the general indicator of pro-health behaviours, the level of depressive symptoms decreased, while the level of satisfaction with life and all four aspects of quality of life on the WHOQoL scale increased (p

Anxiety · Depressive symptoms · Disease · Life satisfaction · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Cancer survivorship and care · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Thyroid Disorders and Treatments · Internal Medicine

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