THE MIDAS QUESTIONNAIRE IS 5 HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE AND INACCURATE QUESTIONS SUPPOSEDLY USED TO DETERMINE MEDICAL DISABILITY. IT IS HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE NONSENSE AND IS OPEN TO FRAUDULENT ANSWERS BY A GROSSLY IMMORAL SOCIAL SOCIETY AND MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO LIE ON AVERAGE TWICE A DAY IN MANY CASES IF NOT MORE.
Fraud is rampant in the medical profession especially when non scientific vague inaccurate questionnaires are use to determine the severity of a medical condition.
1. IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS I MISSED WORK 10 TIMES DUE TO HEADACHES
BUT WHAT I REALLY DIDN’T TELL YOU THAT I OVERSLEPT 5 OF THOSE DAYS AND DIDN’T FEEL LIKE SHOWING UP AT WORK. 1 OF THOSE DAYS I WENT SHOPPING. 1 DAY I WAS TOO TIRED FROM WORKING HARD AND DECIDED NOT TO SHOW UP FOR A NEEDED REST. 1 DAY I REPAIRED MY CAR. 1 DAY I PLAYED POKER WITH MY BUDDIES AND DECIDED NOT TO COME IN. 1 DAY I DIDN’T SHOW UP BECAUSE I JUST DIDN’T FEEL LIKE IT. THAT’S A TOTAL OF 10 DAYS THAT I COULDN’T WORK BECAUSE OF HEADACHES!!!!!
2. MY PRODUCTIVITY WAS REDUCED BY HALF DUE TO HEADACHES.
WHAT I DIDN’T TELL YOU THAT I WAS SUFFERING FROM THE SIDE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AND THERE WERE SOME DAYS WHEN I JUST DIDN’T FEEL LIKE WORKING A FULL DAY SO I SPENT TIME GOOFING OFF AND BROWSING THE INTERNET AND JUST DAYDREAMING OF HOW SHITTY THIS JOB REALLY IS AND HOW I HATE MY BOSS AND HATE THE WORK AND CAN‘T WAIT TO PUNCH OUT THE CLOCK EVERY DAY EARLY.
3. IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS I DIDN’T DO ANY HOUSEWORK, NO HOME REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, NO SHOPPING AND CARING FOR CHILDREN OR RELATIVES BECAUSE OF MY HEADACHES.
WHAT I DIDN’T TELL YOU IS THAT I HATE DOING HOUSEWORK, I CAN’T DO HOME REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE BECAUSE I’M NOT HANDY WITH TOOLS AND COULDN’T BE BOTHERED, I DID NO SHOPPING BECAUSE I CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY ANYTHING ON MY LOUSY MINIMUM WAGE AND MY WIFE USUALLY DOES THE SHOPPING. I DIDN’T DO ANY CARING FOR MY CHILDREN OR RELATIVES BECAUSE THEY ARE SPOILED AND A PAIN IN THE NECK AND I CAN’T STAND MY RELATIVES CONSTANTLY ANNOYING ME WITH COMMENTS ABOUT HOW LOUSY A PARENT I AM.
4. IS AN UNCLEAR CRAPPY QUESTION WHICH EVEN I HAD DIFFICULTY FIGURING OUT.
5. IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS I MISSED FAMILY, SOCIAL, AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL THE THREE MONTHS BECAUSE OF LEVEL 10 HEADACHES.
(WHAT WAS THE FREQUENCY OF MISSED DAYS IN THE 3 MONTHS? IF IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 5 TIMES THEN THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT AN INDICATION OF DISABILITY.)
WHAT I DIDN’T TELL YOU IS THAT MY ALCOHOLISM AND SEVERE DRUG ADDICTION GIVES ME HEADACHES EVERY DAY. I AM WASTED MOST OF THE TIME AND DON’T SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY, SOCIAL, OR LEISURE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE I DON’T PARTICIPATE IN MY LOUSY FAMILY, HAVE NO SOCIAL LIFE AND CAN’T AFFORD LEISURE ACTIVITIES ON MY MINIMUM WAGE!!!!!
MIDAS QUESTIONNAIRE
3 months.
__________ 1. On how many days in the last 3 months did you miss work or school
because of your headaches?
__________ 2. How many days in the last 3 months was your productivity at work or
school reduced by half or more because of your headaches? (Do not
include days you counted in question 1 where you missed work or
school.)
__________ 3. On how many days in the last 3 months did you not do household work
(such as housework, home repairs and maintenance, shopping, caring
for children and relatives) because of your headaches?
__________ 4. How many days in the last 3 months was your productivity in household
work reduced by half of more because of your headaches? (Do not
include days you counted in question 3 where you did not do household
work.)
__________ 5. On how many days in the last 3 months did you miss family, social or
leisure activities because of your headaches?
__________ Total (Questions 1-5)
__________ A. On how many days in the last 3 months did you have a headache? (If a
headache lasted more than 1 day, count each day.)
__________ B. On a scale of 0 – 10, on average how painful were these headaches?
(where 0 = no pain at all, and 10 = pain as bad as it can be.)
MIDAS
Grade
Definition
MIDAS
Score
I Little or no disability 0-5
II Mild disability 6-10
III Moderate disability 11-20
Scoring: After you have
filled out this questionnaire,
add the total number of
days from questions 1-5
(ignore A and B)
IV Severe disability 21+
Please give the completed form to your clinician.
This survey was developed by Richard B. Lipton, MD, Professor of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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