What question did this study set out to answer?

To translate the Parotidectomy Outcome Inventory-8 into Turkish and validate its effectiveness for measuring quality of life.

April 1, 2026Open Access

Translation and Validation of the Turkish Parotidectomy Outcome Inventory-8

HYHilal YücelUniversity of Health Science AYAbitter Yücel MAMehmet Akif AlanUniversity of Health Science

Key Points

To translate the Parotidectomy Outcome Inventory-8 into Turkish and validate its effectiveness for measuring quality of life.
Translation of POI-8 into Turkish
Validation of the tool for reliability
Assessment of usability by head and neck surgeons
POI-8 demonstrated high reliability values
Can be safely used to measure quality of life post-parotidectomy

Abstract

POI-8, which we translated into Turkish and validated, can be used safely by head and neck surgeons to measure QoL after parotidectomy with its high reliability values.

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