Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Skindex-16

Aksu A. E. K., SARAÇOĞLU Z. N., Sabuncu I., Chren M. M., TÖZÜN M.

TURKDERM-TURKISH ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEROLOGY, vol.50, no.3, pp.109-113, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/turkderm.32848
  • Journal Name: TURKDERM-TURKISH ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.109-113
  • Keywords: Dermatology, Skindex-16, quality of life, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, PSORIASIS, DISABILITY, VALIDATION, INSTRUMENT, SF-36
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background and Design: Quality of life scales provide clinicians a systematic and scientifically valid data to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment options. The Skindex-16 is a dermatology related quality of life measure developed in the United States of America as a skin disease-specific quality-of-life measure. We aimed to generate a semantically equivalent translation of the Skindex-16 to use in Turkish language.