Abstract

Background: Misophonia is a disorder were certain sounds triggers the emotional and physiological responses of the particular individual. Studies states that it is caused by increased autonomic nervous system activity to particular sounds leads to irritation, anger and anxiety and reduces the tolerance capacity to particular sounds which leads to anxiety and depression. This study deals about impact of misophonic on hospital related anxiety and depression among intensive care unit patients.

Method: 43 patients fulfil the inclusion criteria and they were surveyed initially whether they have disturbance to particular sound in intensive care unit after a week of admission and they were noted as misophonic sounds and their disturbance level were scored with Amsterdam misophonia scale A-MISO-S. On the same day patients were scored for hospital anxiety and depression questionnaire (HADS). Participants were participated through direct interview on bedside. Scoring was done based on the method given in the questionnaire.

Result: Subjects were categorized into five different age groups. Young adult (17-30), middle aged adulty (31-45), old adults (46-64), youngest old (65-74), middle old (75-84). The result shows that middle aged adult and old adult experiences highest level of anxiety, depression and misophonia with mean value of (18±0.53, 18.5±0.92 and 20.8±3.04) and (16±0.70, 16.38±0.85 and 16.23±1.16) where as, young adult around (13.6±0.86, 14±0.86 and 13.5±4.12). The least amount of depression was experienced by individuals with age more than 65.

Conclusion: From the result it concluded that misophonia is directly related for anxiety and depression in intensive care unit patient. The significant difference in misophonia between anxiety and depression indicates that early management of symptoms or identification of psychological stress among intensive care unit patients is needed to prevent future complications.

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