Open AccessA novel Turkish instrument for assessing quality of life in chronic otitis media –translation and validation of Zurich chronic middle ear inventory
Author(s) -
Belgın Tutar,
Zıya Saltürk,
Güler Berkıten,
Muhammet Enis Ekincioğlu,
Semih Karaketir,
Melis Ece Arkan,
Muhammed Fatih Akgün,
Ayça Başkadem Yılmazer,
Ercan Kulak,
David Baechinger,
Yavuz Uyar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2003-38
Subject(s) - medicine , cronbach's alpha , quality of life (healthcare) , turkish , psychosocial , health related quality of life , internal consistency , physical therapy , psychometrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , disease
The Zurich Chronic Middle Ear Questionnaire (ZCMEI-21) is a newly-developed German-language questionnaire. The purpose of this study was to analyze the quality of life (QoL) of chronic otitis media (COM) patients and translate, transculturally adapt, and validate the ZCMEI-21 into Turkish.