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Validation And Reliability Study Of The Turkish Version Of The Neuroquality Of Life (Neuro-Qol)-Stigma Scale For Neurological Disorders, Si̇bel Karşidağ, Ni̇lgün Çinar, Şevki̇ Şahi̇n, Nurdan Kotevoğlu, Mi̇runa Florenti̇na Ateş
Validation And Reliability Study Of The Turkish Version Of The Neuroquality Of Life (Neuro-Qol)-Stigma Scale For Neurological Disorders, Si̇bel Karşidağ, Ni̇lgün Çinar, Şevki̇ Şahi̇n, Nurdan Kotevoğlu, Mi̇runa Florenti̇na Ateş
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Background/aim: Stigma can be defined as a negative perception of chronically ill patients by their relatives or by society, or a similar self-perception by the patients themselves. We aimed to validate the Turkish version of the Neuroquality of Life (Neuro-QoL)-Stigma Scale for neurologic diseases. Materials and methods: Forms were filled out by a total of 152 randomized patients under regular follow-up in the outpatient clinic (29 polyneuropathy, 25 epilepsy, 23 stroke, 24 tension-type headache, 28 multiple sclerosis, 27 Parkinson disease). The forms consisted of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), WHOQOL-BREF quality of life scale, the Multidimensional …