Turkish translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validity of Spine Tango Core Set index

The purpose of this thesis is to make Turkish cross cultural adaptation and validity and reliability analysis of patient reported outcome measure ?core outcome measures index? that is used by Eurospine Spine Tango Project, by comparing it with other patient reported outcome measures already available in Turkish.For this purpose, this index is translated in Turkish according to scientific guidelines. Pretests done. Then filled twice by patients with a booklet also containing Oswestry disability index ODI, shorth form SF36 and EQ5D.Data obtained is used to calculate internal consistency, test retest reproducibility for reliability and construct validity and convergent/divergent validity for validity analysis. As a result, turkish ?Spine Tango COMI Back? is a valid and reliabile form that can be used in turkish speaking back patients.Key words: Spine Tango core set outcome measures, reliability, validity, cross cultural adaptation.