| Socio-demographic variables | N (%) |
| Gender Male Female |
8 (10.0) 72 (90.0) |
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 50.53 ± 13.16 |
| Residence Rural Urban |
27 (33.8) 53 (66.3) |
| Profession Unemployed or retired Employed |
70 (87.5) 10 (12.5) |
| Education level Illiterate Primary Secondary or superior |
45 (56.3) 16 (20.0) 19 (23.8) |
| Marital status Single Married Divorced or widow |
13 (16.3) 50 (62.5) 17 (21.3) |
| Monthly income (Moroccan dirham) ≤2000 >2000 | 63 (78.8) 17 (21.2) |
| Clinical Variables |
|
| Duration of disease (mean ± SD) | 7.54 ± 6.27 |
| Comorbidity No Yes |
39 (48.8) 41 (51.3) |
| Symptoms of hypothyroidism |
|
| weight gain | 27 (33.8) |
| Concentration and memory problems | 35 (43.8) |
| Fatigue | 59 (73.8) |
| Feeling cold | 23 (28.8) |
| constipation | 30 (37.5) |
| Cramps/swarming | 49 (61.3) |
| Cardiovascular | 6 (7.5) |
| Menstrual irregularities/infertility | 10 (12.5) |
| Depressive symptoms | 30 (37.5) |
| Number of symptoms ≤3 >3 |
36 (45.0) 44 (55.0) |
| Etiology Post thyroidectomy Autoimmune/other |
63 (78.8) 17 (21.3) |
| Levothyroxine No Yes |
3 (3.8) 77 (96.3) |
| TSH us level (mean ± SD) (mIU/L) | 5.5 ± 9.9 |