The prevalence and severity of misophonia in the Turkish population and validation of the Amsterdam Misophonia Scale-Revised

Abstract

The Amsterdam Misophonia Scale-Revised (AMISOS-R) is a self-report scale that measures the presence and severity of symptoms experienced in response to specific auditory stimuli. This cross-sectional, descriptive study aims to evaluate psychometric properties of the AMISOS-R in the Turkish language and to examine psychosocial factors associated with misophonia. A total of 374 individuals (female/male: 154/220) between 15 and 45 years of age were included in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the fit indices were at a good level, and they supported the single-factor structure. Test-retest results and Cronbach's alpha coefficient showed that the scale had high reliability. Misophonia scores were also found to be moderately correlated with obsessive-compulsive disorder and neuroticism. The AMISOS-R was found to be a valid and reliable tool to evaluate misophonia in the Turkish language.

The central role of symptom severity and associated characteristics for functional impairment in misophonia

“…The existing consensus definition on misophonia includes a general description (1) but where and how to define a clinical threshold for the specific features and their combination is a OPEN ACCESS EDITED BY challenge still to be mastered. Accordingly, estimates on how often misophonia occurs [e.g., reported here, (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)] are characterized by a considerable heterogeneity regarding measures and suggested cutoffs. For example, in the cited studies, ten different measures in six different languages were used to assess misophonia, mostly using selfreports such as the Amsterdam Misophonia Scale (A-MISO-S) (18), the Misophonia Questionnaire (MQ) (16), or one item only (7).…”

Effectiveness of an innovative treatment protocol for misophonia in children and adolescents: Design of a randomized controlled trial

“…Furthermore, during our study we aim to validate two innovative multi-informant self-report misophonia questionnaires for screening and diagnosis: the Misophonia Screening List – Child and Youth and the Amsterdam Misophonia Scale - Youth (AMISOS-Y). The latter is an adaptation from the widely used adult self-report questionnaires A-MISO-S [ 6 , 10 ] and the revised version AMISOS-R [ 13 , 20 , 21 ], specifically attuned to Dutch children. Lastly, by including a wide range of secondary outcomes (emotional and behavioral problems of the child, school functioning, attention problems, sensory processing, (care-related) quality of life, cost of illness) and predictors (demographic variables, parenting burden, parental behavioral and emotional problems, family accommodation) we aim to investigate potential underlying mechanisms in the etiology and maintenance of misophonia in children and adolescents.…”