The Reliability and Validity of “Dokuz Eylül University Meniere’s Disease Disability Scale”
Author(s) -
Başak Mutlu,
Günay Kırkım,
Serpil Mungan Durankaya,
Selhan Gürkan,
Tahsin Oğuz Başokçu,
Enis Alpin Günerı
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of international advanced otology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2148-3817
pISSN - 1308-7649
DOI - 10.5152/iao.2017.4386
Subject(s) - tinnitus , meniere's disease , cronbach's alpha , intraclass correlation , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , validity , scale (ratio) , audiology , disease , clinical psychology , psychometrics , cartography , nursing , geography
Ménière's Disease (MD) is a chronic, non-life threatening inner ear disease, with attacks of disabling vertigo, progressive hearing loss, and tinnitus as the major symptoms. All three symptoms, separately or in combination, cause great distress and have a considerable impact on the quality of life of the patients. The aims of this study were to develop a disease-specific quality of life survey for patients with MD and to analyze the relationships between the audiovestibular findings and the survey.
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