Diabetes distress scale-17 implementation among patients with diabetes: Turkish validity and reliability study.

Objective: To prove reliability and validity of the Turkish version of diabetes distress scale.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey, from July 2011 to February 2012, and comprised diabetics whose ages ranged from 25 to 86 years who voluntarily participated in the study. Descriptive statistics, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used for reliability and validity evaluations.