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Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Glasgow-Edinburgh Throat Scale: Use for a Symptom Scale of Globus Sensation in Turkish Population
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Original Investigation
VOLUME: 58 ISSUE: 1
P: 41-47
March 2020

Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Glasgow-Edinburgh Throat Scale: Use for a Symptom Scale of Globus Sensation in Turkish Population

Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020;58(1):41-47
DOI: 10.5152/tao.2020.4686
Müge Özçelik Korkmaz 1
Arzu Tüzüner 2
Melike Bahçecitapar 3
Cengiz Karacaer 4
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sakarya University School of Medicine Korucuk Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey
2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
3. Department of Statistics, Hacettepe University School of Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
4. Department of Gastroenterology, Sakarya University School of Medicine Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey
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Received Date: 15.08.2019
Accepted Date: 20.11.2019
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ABSTRACT

Objective:

In this study, we aimed to translate the Glasgow-Edinburgh Throat Scale (GETS) into Turkish and test its reliability and validity.

Methods:

A total of 69 patients with globus sensation and no signs of otolaryngologic or gastroenterological disease in etiology were included in the study. The patients were asked to complete the translated Turkish version (GETS-T) of GETS and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

Results:

The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the patients in the study group was calculated based on the 12 questions in the GETS-T scale and found as 0.868. The correlation between the GETS-T total score and the total HADS score in the study group was found to be very low and statistically insignificant. As a result of factor analysis, it was found that the first 10 problems in GETS-T were divided into two sub-groups, unlike GETS.

Conclusion:

Translation of GETS into Turkish (GETS-T) showed high reliability and validity, suggesting that translation and cross-cultural adaptation was appropriate. The GETS-T can be used in studies about globus pharyngeus in future.

Keywords: Globus sensation, larynx, deglutition disorders, reliability and validity, patient health questionnaire

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