Validation of the Spanish version of the migraine disability assessment questionnaire (MIDAS) in university students with migraine.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire is widely used to determine the degree of migraine-related disability of subjects. So far, and to the best of our knowledge, no Spanish version of this tool has been validated. The questionnaire comprises seven items, with the first five constituting the main scale while the sixth and seventh items referring, respectively, to the frequency and intensity of headache. The present study aims to analyze the clinimetric properties of the Spanish version of the MIDAS questionnaire in a population of university students. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional study of validation for this measuring instrument. A total of 153 subjects participated in the study. We analyzed construct validity using factor analysis, test-retest relia

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Almagro D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7038557 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature