title: Validity and reliability of the Bahasa Melayu version of the Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The study was designed to determine the validity and reliability of the Bahasa Melayu version (MIDAS-M) of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients having migraine for more than six months attending the Neurology Clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, were recruited. Standard forward and back translation procedures were used to translate and adapt the MIDAS questionnaire to produce the Bahasa Melayu version. The translated Malay version was tested for face and content validity. Validity and reliability testing were further conducted with 100 migraine patients (1st administration) followed by a retesting session 21 days later (2nd administration).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 100 patients between 15 and 60 years of age were recruited. The majority of the patients were single (66%) and students (46%). Cronbach's alpha values were 0.84 (1st administration) and 0.80 (2nd administration). The test-retest reliability for the total MIDAS score was 0.73, indicating that the MIDAS-M questionnaire is stable; for the five disability questions, the test-retest values ranged from 0.77 to 0.87.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MIDAS-M questionnaire is comparable with the original English version in terms of validity and reliability and may be used for the assessment of migraine in clinical settings.
authors.affiliation: Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Munvar Miya
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shaik
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Norul Badriah
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Huay Lin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6670-2668
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Gleneagles Medical Centre, No. 1, Jalan Pangkor, 10050 Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Shalini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhaskar
authors.affiliation: Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Siew Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*