The Reliability and Validity of "Dokuz Eylul University Meniere's Disease Disability Scale"

Mutlu B., Kırkım G., Mungan Durankaya S., Gürkan S., Başokçu T. O., Güneri E. A.

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED OTOLOGY, vol.14, no.2, pp.304-311, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/iao.2017.4386
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED OTOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.304-311
  • Keywords: Meniere's disease, vertigo, quality of life, hearing loss, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, POSITIVE EXPERIENCES, FIT INDEXES, DIZZINESS HANDICAP, SYMPTOMS, VERTIGO, DISORDER, IMPACT, DIAGNOSIS, PERFUSION
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Meniere's Disease (MD) is a chionic, non-life threatening inner ear disease, with attacks of disabling vertigo, progressive hearing loss, and tinnitus as the major symptoms. All three symptoms, separately or in combination, cause great distress and have a considerable impact on the quality of life of the patients.The aims of this study were to develop a disease-specific quality of life survey for patients with MD and to analyze the relationships between the audiovestibular findings and the survey.