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

Objective
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.