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In inflammatory bowel disease, patients may experience psychological distress due to the impact of symptoms and side effects of treatment on daily life. The aim of this study is to adapt the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Distress Scale (IBD-DS) into the Turkish langugae. This methodological study was conducted with 160 IBD patients admitted to gastroenterology outpatient clinics in a city in Türkiye. For the linguistic validity of the IBD-DS, forward-backward-translation and expert opinion methods were used. For reliability analysis, Cronbach's alpha and test-retest analysis were performed. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used to assess construct validity. The mean IBD-DS score was 54.64±40.99 (0-155). Internal consistency analysis yielded a reliability coefficient of Cronbach's alpha of 0.963, and correlations between the items and the total score ranged from 0.378 to 0.816. Good intraclass correlation (ICC) was found between test-retest scores (ICC, 0.99; 95% confidence interval, .994-1.0). It was found that IBD-DS scores were moderately to strongly correlated with the K10 (r=0.467, p<.001) and HADS (r=0.516, p<.001) scales. The Turkish version of the IBD-DS has been found to be a psychometrically adequate scale for use in the Turkish population.

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