Open AccessTurkish version of the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument in the assessment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a validity and reliability study
Author(s) -
Serdar Kaymaz,
Hakan Alkan,
Veli Çobankara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.411
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2190-1686
pISSN - 2190-1678
DOI - 10.1007/s13340-020-00427-9
Subject(s) - medicine , peripheral neuropathy , cronbach's alpha , receiver operating characteristic , intraclass correlation , diabetes mellitus , diabetic neuropathy , gold standard (test) , physical therapy , surgery , psychometrics , endocrinology , clinical psychology
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is the most common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). The Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) is a simple, brief, and useful screening tool that was designed to assess DPN. The aim of this study was to develop a Turkish version of the MNSI and assess its reliability and validity.