Reliability and validity of the Assessment of Quality of Life in Asthma Patients (QLQ-Asthma) in a sample of adult asthmatic patients in Turkey.

Aims And Objectives: The aims of this study were to translate the 20-item Questionnaire for the Assessment of Quality of Life in Asthma Patients (QLQ-Asthma) into Turkish and to assess the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Assessment of Quality of Life in Asthma Patients among Turkish adult asthmatic patients in Turkey.

Background: Asthma can adversely affect the physical, psychological and social domains of health-related quality of life. The Assessment of Quality of Life in Asthma Patients is a widely used instrument to measure quality of life in asthma patients.

Reliability and validity of the Functional Living Index-Cancer in Turkish cancer patients.

The objective of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Functional Living Index-Cancer in Turkey. The English version of the Functional Living Index-Cancer was translated into Turkish following the standard translation methodology. The questionnaire was administered to 110 cancer patients who had been receiving chemotherapy.