Background
Deenz Misophonia Questionnaire – Revised (DMQ-R) was developed to measure individual differences in misophonia-related experiences across multiple psychological and behavioral domains.
The assessment integrates findings from contemporary research on misophonia, sound sensitivity, emotional reactivity, avoidance behaviors, functional impairment, and self-perception difficulties associated with trigger sounds.
Misphonea effects a person by may ways, a person can blame oneself may feel helpless, can blame others or my perceive it as a threat. In short misphonia can impair a persons social and personal life style. Deenz Misophonia Questionnaire as developed to measure the severity of emotional reaction when a person is exposed to the trigger.
In misophonia, certain sounds cause reactions (e.g., chewing, breathing, tapping, sniffing, clicking). Some people may show a strong reaction when someone is chewing, while others may feel uncomfortable when they hear a clicking sound. The purpose of the self-assessment is not to identify the specific trigger but to examine how strongly a person reacts to these sounds.
Procedure
Participants complete a series of questions regarding sound sensitivity and their reactions to bothersome sounds experienced during the past month.
Scoring & Interpretation
The assessment consists of 7 parts, first part is about getting information on triggers (Trigger Sensitivity). The purpose is to identify which sound or visual situation triggers the reaction. In part 1 each questions is presented in YES/NO choices and If participant chose yes, the specific tigers are present. For example Q: eating and drinking sounds: hewing sounds , crunching foods , lip smacking , swallowing sounds , slurping drinks, wet mouth sounds, if none of these then other eating-related sound. The assessment contains 52 possible trigger items. Each selected trigger receives 1 point, while unselected triggers receive 0 points. For example, if a participant selects 13 triggers: (13 ÷ 52) × 100 = 25%.
Second part has 12 statements related to emotional response to trigger, like anger, frustration etc. Third part is physiological reactions, here participant is evaluated for physical responses such as racing heart, hyper-alertness with exposed to the trigger. Fourth part cognitive reactions, this part tries to evaluate mental reach like losing control coping strategy. Part 5 is important as it tries to measure the avoidance behaviors when a person exposes to the trigger situation, like avoiding people, using plugs etc. Sixth part functional impairment, here participant is evaluated for the overall impact on daily function. Seventh part tries to measure feelings about oneself resulting from misphonia like feeling different from others, fear of rejection etc. For Parts 2–7, all items use a 0–4 rating scale, Never= 0 and 4 = Almost Always. Scoring example: part 2 - (Emotional Reactions dimension) contains 12 items, the maximum possible score is: 12 × 4 = 48 so if a participant obtains a raw score of 30: the formula we use is (30 ÷ 48) × 100 = 62.5%. The same formula is used to calculate all remaining six dimensions:
Emotional Reactions
Physiological Reactions
Cognitive Reactions
Avoidance Strategies
Functional Impairment
Self-Perception
Dimension scores are converted into percentage scores ranging from 0 to 100.
Higher scores indicate greater sound sensitivity, stronger emotional and physiological reactions, and higher levels of functional impairment.
Deenz Misophonia Questionnaire – Revised (DMQ-R) Questionnaire
Below is the Deenz Misophonia Questionnaire – Revised (DMQ-R), a digitally adapted 85- items self-assessment questionnaire. Please answer each statement honestly based on your experiences during the past month. Select the response that best reflects how often you experience each reaction, thought, behavior, or difficulty. There are no right or wrong answers. Typically the assessment can take 15 minutes to complete there is no time limit.