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Validation of a Marathi translated A-MISO-S scale and evidence of significance Indian prevalence

In a 2026 study, Chalotra translated and validated the A-MISO-S into Marathi using AAOS guidelines and assessed misophonia prevalence via structured interviews with 227 adults from a Mumbai hospital population. They found the Marathi scale had strong internal consistency, excellent test-retest reliability, a unidimensional factor structure, and high cross-language equivalence with the English version; approximately 11% of the sample exhibited clinically significant misophonic symptoms, with females significantly more likely to be affected and no significant age-related differences. From this they concluded that the Marathi A-MISO-S is a reliable clinical diagnostic tool and that misophonia is present in a meaningful proportion of this Indian population, with gender as a significant demographic correlate warranting further investigation (Chalotra et al., 2026).