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Quality of Life in Turkish Patients with Autoimmune Blistering Diseases: Reliability and Validity of the Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life and the Treatment of Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life Questionnaires
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Original Article
VOLUME: 13 ISSUE: 2
P: 83-90
June 2019

Quality of Life in Turkish Patients with Autoimmune Blistering Diseases: Reliability and Validity of the Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life and the Treatment of Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life Questionnaires

Turk J Dermatol 2019;13(2):83-90
DOI: 10.4103/TJD.TJD_16_19
Asli Bilgic‑Temel 1
Ceren Irican 1
Soner Uzun 1
Grant YH Feng 2
Dedee F. Murrell 1
Ayse Akman‑Karakas 1
1. Department of Dermatology, St. George Hospital, University of New South Wales
2. Departments of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Received Date: 20.09.2018
Accepted Date: 19.11.2018
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ABSTRACT

Aims and Objectives:

The aim of this study was to validate the Turkish version of the ABQOL and TABQOL questionnaires and to assess the reliability of them in the Turkish population.

Materials and Methods:

The Turkish versions of the ABQOL and TABQOL questionnaires were produced by forward–backward translation of the original English version. The patients were requested to complete ABQOL and TABQOL questionnaires on day 0 and after 7 days for a 2nd time sent by post. Furthermore, patients also completed other health‑related quality of life scales on day 0.

Results:

A total of 68 patients with AIBDs were recruited. A subset of 20 (29.4%) patients completed the day 7 questionnaire. Both the Turkish versions of the ABQOL and TABQOL questionnaires had a high internal consistency (0.86 and 0.88, respectively) and test– retest reliability (0.87 and 0.87, respectively). The correlation between ABQOL and TABQOL scores was moderate (Pearson’s R = 0.609).

Conclusion:

We have shown that the Turkish versions of ABQOL and TABQOL questionnaires are valid and reliable instruments. They can be used to measure treatment burden in Turkish AIBD patients.

Keywords:
Autoimmune blistering diseases, Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life, health‑related quality of life, pemphigoid, pemphigus, Treatment of Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of life