Open AccessCross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Turkish version of the obesity-specific quality of life questionnaire: Quality of Life, Obesity and Dietetics (QOLOD) rating scale
Author(s) -
Nimetcan Mehmet Yağma,
Egemen Ünal,
Mehmet Enes Gökler,
Salih Mollahaliloğlu
Publication year - 2021
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-2005-412
Subject(s) - medicine , turkish , reliability (semiconductor) , quality of life (healthcare) , obesity , adaptation (eye) , rating scale , scale (ratio) , validity , gerontology , physical therapy , psychometrics , clinical psychology , nursing , statistics , philosophy , linguistics , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , mathematics , optics
Obesity is one of the main public health issues in many countries including Turkey. The aim of the study is to test cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of QOLOD rating scale in the Turkish language.