Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of The Bipolar Recovery Questionnaire

Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of The Bipolar Recovery Questionnaire

In addition to objective criteria (no episode period for 6 months) for defining and monitoring recovery, evaluation of subjective criteria is also very important. Various Turkish scales related to recovery in progressive diseases have been developed or validity-reliability studies have been conducted. However, as far as we know, there is no scale that evaluates subjective improvement for a disorder such as bipolar disorder that progresses in episodes and has a heterogeneous appearance of loss of functionality. In this study, we aimed to conduct a validity and reliability study of the recovery questionnaire for BDD.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being between 18-65 ages
• Be diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder
• Be at least primary school graduate

Exclusion Criteria:

• having a physical disability (blindness, etc.) that might prevent filling in the scales,
• having an additional neurological disease that prevented filling out the scale items.