title: Use of a motion sickness history questionnaire for prediction of simulator sickness.
abstract: This research assessed the usefulness of the Motion History Questionnaire (MHQ) for the prediction of simulator sickness, a form of motion sickness experienced by pilots training in ground-based flight simulators. Four MHQ scoring keys were compared: (1) the original MHQ key which had been validated on a sample of U.S. Navy student pilots exposed to Coriolis forces, (2 and 3) two keys which had been validated on a sample of civilian college students exposed to simulated ship motions, and (4) a simulator sickness key empirically derived in the present research and cross-validated. Navy and Marine Corps aviators (N = 456) filled out the MHQ prior to their regularly scheduled flight simulator training and were divided into validation and cross-validation samples. All scoring keys were predictive of reported symptoms of sickness, but highest correlations were obtained with the empirically-derived simulator sickness (SS) key. It is suggested that the SS key be used for self-testing so that pilots may be made aware of their risk for developing simulator sickness.
authors.affiliation: Essex Corporation, Orlando, FL 32803.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fowlkes
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Berbaum
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lilienthal
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D003312:Coriolis Force; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009041:Motion Sickness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires