Dibb and Golding 2022 findings on Quality of life in Misophonia

In a 2022 study, Dibb and Golding conducted a longitudinal study looking at quality of life for Misophonics vs controls. they found that People with self-reported misophonia had significantly lower quality of life than the general population across all eight measured health domains (physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health, role limitations due to emotional problems, energy/fatigue, emotional wellbeing, social functioning, pain, and general health), with the largest differences in role limitations due to emotional problems, energy/fatigue, emotional wellbeing, and social functioning. Compared to other conditions, the misophonia group scored lower than people with long-term physical conditions and similar to those with tinnitus, but higher than those with obsessive compulsive disorder on several domains. Longitudinally, misophonia predicted quality of life over time on only two domains (role limitations due to emotional problems and pain), with depression remaining the strongest predictor across most quality of life domains (Dibb & Golding, 2022).