Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validity of the Arabic-translated NEUROPATHY-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE Questionnaire

Inclusion Criteria: * Arabic is their first language The absence of any other neurological diagnosis affecting the sensory and motor system, such as stroke or multiple sclerosis * Age ranges between 18 and 70 years, * History of DM diagnosed by a physician and confirmed by either hemoglobin A1c ≥6.5% or the use of hypoglycemic agents. Exclusion Criteria: * A hospital inpatient * Had pre-existing comorbidities such as cancer, shingles or other neuropathic pain entity that predated diabetes or can mimic or cause a neuropathic pain that is not arising as a result of diabetes. * Pregnant patients as diabetes may be of gestational type * Had recently experienced physical trauma that may have contributed to neuropathic pain had trauma or dermatological diseases of the skin as this could affect skin sensitivity (e.g. wounds, psoriasis and eczema).