A Study on Validation of Amsterdam Misophonia Scale in Turkish and Misophonia's Prevalence in Turkish High School/College Student Population

Abstract

Objective: Misophonia is a new term and studies on misophonia continue to increase. Amsterdam Misophonia Scale was developed to detect misophonia in 2013. This study aims to validate Amsterdam Misophonia Scale (A-MISO-S) into Turkish and detect prevalence in the young population.Methods: The data of this study were collected from a total of 1188 high school and university students. Ethical permissions were obtained. Turkish version of A-MISO-S and socio-demographic questionnaire was applied online. Results: Anxiety disorder was the most common accompanying psychiatric disease to misophonia. Mouth smacking/eating sounds was most disturbing sound for the participants. Moderate or more severe misophonia symptoms were seen in 13.8% of participants. To be of older age (18≥), female and to have another known psychiatric disorders were related with a higher score of A-MISO-S than others group compared. “Self-reactions, external reactions, loss of function, having no trouble, psychological and physical symptoms” are the themes given to the question of what is the worst thing that can happen if misophonic sounds are unavoidable. Conclusion: The Turkish version of A-MISO-S was found to be valid and reliable in the population over 15 years of age. The prevalence of misophonia was found to be similar to previous studies. Misophonia is a newly emerging, relatively neglected issue in the field of psychiatry. This study is the first study to compare adolescent and adult groups in terms of misophonia.