Misophonia symptoms among Chinese university students: Incidence, associated impairment, and clinical correlates

Zhou, Xiaolu; Wu, Monica S.; Storch, Eric A.

doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2017.05.001

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“…These outbursts were mild in comparison to the internal aggressive thoughts all misophonia subjects described. Anxiety is also frequently described as a response to misophonia triggers [56,57,5,8]. In our sample, subjects do not report anxiety as a prompt reaction to a trigger, but experience anticipatory anxiety and physical stress.…”

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Misophonia: Phenomenology, comorbidity and demographics in a large sample

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☯ These authors contributed equally to this work. ¤ Current address: Outpatient Clinic for Affective disorders, GGZ inGeest, Abstract Objective Analyze a large sample with detailed clinical data of misophonia subjects in order to determine the psychiatric, somatic and psychological nature of the condition. MethodsThis observational study of 779 subjects with suspected misophonia was conducted from January 2013 to May 2017 at the outpatient-clinic of the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, the Netherlands. We examined DSM-IV diagnoses, results of somatic examination (general screening and hearing tests), and 17 psychological questionnaires (e.g., SCL-90-R, WHOQoL). ResultsThe diagnosis of misophonia was confirmed in 575 of 779 referred subjects (74%). In the sample of misophonia subjects (mean age, 34.17 [SD = 12.22] years; 399 women [69%]), 148 (26%) subjects had comorbid traits of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, 58 (10%) mood disorders, 31 (5%) attention-deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, and 14 (3%) autism spectrum conditions. Two percent reported tinnitus and 1% hyperacusis. In a random subgroup of 109 subjects we performed audiometry, and found unilateral hearing loss in 3 of them (3%). Clinical neurological examination and additional blood test showed no abnormalities. Psychological tests revealed perfectionism (97% CPQ>25) and neuroticism (stanine 7 NEO-PI-R). Quality of life was heavily impaired and associated with misophonia severity (rs (184) = -.34 p = < .001, p = < .001). LimitationsThis was a single site study, leading to possible selection-and confirmation bias, since AMC-criteria were used.

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“…Currently, a total of 797 misophonia subjects has been described in 26 clinical research papers, including five sample studies [2,5,6,7,8]. Only subjects included in the AMC sample [2] and a sample study published last year (Erfanian, Kartsonaki & Keshavarz [9]) had a systematic medical and psychiatric examination.…”

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Misophonia: Phenomenology, comorbidity and demographics in a large sample

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“…She presented to us with anxiety, obsessional thinking, irritability, and avoidance which are correlated [6]. In two studies misophonia severity was reported to be strongly associated with the level of impairment, and anxiety was validated as a mediator for anger outbursts [6,13]. Interestingly, a recent study in Singapore on psychiatric patients with misophonia found that anxiety level could predict the severity of misophonia [14].…”

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Suicidal misophonia: a case report

Alekri

Saif

2019

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Misophonia is still an unclassified disorder and means literally "strong dislike (hate) of sounds". In this paper, we present a case report of an adolescent female who had misophonia that was complicated with two non-fatal suicide attempts. She presented with anxiety features and started to follow up for three years. Assessment of the level of misophonia for a year using Amsterdam Misophonia Scale (A-MISO-S) showed an extreme degree soon after the second suicide attempt. Initially, psychotherapy was noticed to be ineffective due to her poor motivation. Escitalopram was added to the management plan and improvement was reported in the depressive symptoms and obsessional thoughts of misophonia but were intolerable eventually because of the weight gain. Therefore, it was switched into Fluoxetine and Bupropion but six weeks later she attempted her second suicide by Bupropion overdose. At that point, the psychiatrist, the patient and her parents agreed to continue therapy with non-psychopharmacological treatment. Gradually she became more engaged in psychotherapy sessions after noticing its effectiveness. It was concluded that significant improvement of misophonia was reported when she was treated by Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) namely Escitalopram or Fluoxetine, motivated in psychotherapy sessions, adapted good coping strategies, decreased her dysfunctional challenging behaviour, rejoined social interaction and activity in her life, was more insightful and aware about her illness and developed self-acceptance.

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“…Some questionnaires for measuring misophonia have been developed and used in several studies. The Misophonia Questionnaire (MQ), developed by Wu et al in 2014 [14], is the most detailed and widely used [12,[15][16][17]. The data was gathered on a group of undergraduate students of psychology and showed good psychometric values.…”

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Development and Psychometric Properties of MisoQuest—A New Self-Report Questionnaire for Misophonia

Siepsiak

Śliwerski

Dragan

2020

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Background: Misophonia is a condition related to experiencing psychophysiological sensations when exposed to specific sound triggers. In spite of progress in research on the subject, a fully validated questionnaire assessing misophonia has not been published yet. The goal of this study was to create and validate a new questionnaire to measure misophonia. Methods: MisoQuest is based on the diagnostic criteria proposed by Schröder et al. in 2013, with minor changes implemented by the authors of MisoQuest. A total of 705 participants took part in the study, completing the online questionnaires. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and analyses using the Item Response Theory (IRT) were performed. Internal consistency was evaluated with Cronbach’s alpha. Results: The reliability of the MisoQuest was excellent (α = 0.955). The stability at five weeks was strong. There was a significant difference in results between people classified as those with misophonia and those without misophonia. Conclusions: MisoQuest has good psychometric values and can be helpful in the identification of misophonia. A deeper analysis showed that certain triggers might be more specific for people with misophonia. Consideration of violent behavior in response to misophonic triggers as a symptom of misophonia was undermined.

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Misophonia symptoms among Chinese university students: Incidence, associated impairment, and clinical correlates

Cited by 122 publications

References 26 publications

Misophonia: Phenomenology, comorbidity and demographics in a large sample

Misophonia: Phenomenology, comorbidity and demographics in a large sample

Suicidal misophonia: a case report

Development and Psychometric Properties of MisoQuest—A New Self-Report Questionnaire for Misophonia

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