Migraine Disability Assessment Score (MIDAS)

The MIDAS is a brief, five-item self-report questionnaire that quantifies migraine-related disability by measuring days lost from work, school, household activities, and family/social activities over a 3-month period. Introduced by Stewart and colleagues in 1999, it is the most widely used measure of migraine burden in clinical practice and research. MIDAS directly translates migraine frequency and severity into functional impact (lost productivity, lost days), enabling healthcare providers and patients to understand the true disability burden of migraines.