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The Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) Questionnaire



INSTRUCTIONS: Please answer the following questions about ALL your headaches you have had over the last 3 months. Write your anwer in the next to each questuon. Write zero if you did not do the activity in the last 3 months.

1. On how many days in the last 3 months did you miss work or school because of your headaches?_______days

2. How many days in the last 3 months was your productivity at work or school reduced by haft or more because of your headaches? (Do not include days you counted in question 1 where you missed work or school)_______days

3. On how many days in the last 3 months did you not do household work because of you headaches? _______days

4. How many days in the last 3 months was your productivity in household work reduced by half or more because of your headaches? (Do not include days you counted in question 3 where yo did not do household work)_______days

5. On how many days in the last 3 months did you miss family, social, or leisure activities because of your headaches?_______days

A. On how many days in the last 3 months did you have a headaches? ( If a headache lasted more than one day, count each day.)_______days

B. On a scale of 0-10, on average, how painful were these headaches? (where 0 = no pain at all and 10 = pain as bad as it can be)_______

Scoring System for the MIDAS Questionnaire

GradeDefinitionMIDAS Score
ILittle or no disability0-5

IIMild disability6-10

IIIModerate disability11-20

IVSevere disability21 and over

@ Innovative Medical Research 1997. Reprinted with permission.