Assessment of Quality of Life in Neurological Diseases

Abstract

Health-related quality of life shows how a person is affected physically, emotionally, perceptually, and socially by the disease, the consequent disability, and treatment and rehabilitation processes. It is important to evaluate the quality of life of patients and their caregivers with generic or specific scales during the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up stages of neurological diseases. In studies conducted in our country, scales with Turkish validity and reliability must be used. Additionally, it should be noted that quality-of-life scales do not measure every parameter with the same sensitivity.