Abstract: Objective To explore some related knowledge and health education demand in the patients with hyperthyroidism treated with ¹³¹I in order to get better health educationMethods Related knowledge and demand survey in 200 patients with hyperthyroidism treated with¹³¹I were investigated using the Q & A-Tabular Method. Results The patients with hyperthyroidism knew the main harms and the treatment of hyperthyroidism relatively higher than that of ¹³¹I, including the indications, principle of treatment, side effects, and the characteristics of the reatment completely unknown proportion was very low. The lowest was 2.5%, the completely unknown rate was up to 76.5%. Only 10.2% of patients were willing to accept or consider accepting ¹³¹I treatment for this method were not understand or misunderstood. Conclsion ¹³¹I treatment ratio in Chinese patients with hyperthyroidism is low. We should be publicized through various channels to raise public awareness of¹³¹I treatment.

Key words: ¹³¹I therapy, hyperthyroidism, needs