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Development and validation of the clinical report form for nodular thyroid pathologies

Abstract

Objectives:

The aim of this study is to develop and validate a novel clinical report form in the format of a structured interview to enable the characterization of the Portuguese population of the Baixo Vouga region with different subtypes of nodular thyroid pathologies (NTyPs).

Materials and methods:

A structured interview was developed and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first structured interview built and validated for that purpose in Portugal.

Results:

This structured interview enables the identification of possible correlations between each subtype of nodular lesions and sociodemographic data, consumption habits and lifestyle, endocrine history, and family predisposition.

Conclusion:

The novel structured interview will simultaneously, enable a detailed characterization of the group of patients with nodular thyroid lesions and will support future metabolomic studies.

Keywords
Nodular thyroid pathologies; clinical report form; structured interview; cohort characterization

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