Journal article
A Questionnaire for the Assessment of the Multiple Dimensions of Motion Sickness
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, Vol.72(2), pp.115-119
02/2001
PMCID: PMC2910410
PMID: 11211039
Abstract
Background: A limited number of attempts have been made to develop a questionnaire that assesses the experience of motion sickness. Further, many available questionnaires quantify motion sickness as a unidimensional construct.
Method: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of motion sickness descriptors were used to derive and verify four dimensions of motion sickness, which were defined as gastrointestinal, central, peripheral, and sopite-related. These dimensions of motion sickness were then used to construct a motion sickness assessment questionnaire (MSAQ) that was administered to individuals who were exposed to a rotating optokinetic drum.
Results: Total scores from the MSAQ correlated strongly with overall scores from the Pensacola Diagnostic Index (r = 0.81, p < 0.001) and the Nausea Profile (r = 0.92, p < 0.001).
Conclusions: The MSAQ is a valid instrument for the assessment of motion sickness. In addition, the MSAQ may be used to assess motion sickness as a multidimensional rather than unidimensional construct.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Questionnaire for the Assessment of the Multiple Dimensions of Motion Sickness
- Creators
- Peter J GianarosEric R MuthJ. Toby MordkoffMax E LevineRobert M Stern
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, Vol.72(2), pp.115-119
- PMID
- 11211039
- PMCID
- PMC2910410
- ISSN
- 0095-6562
- eISSN
- 1943-4448
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2001
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984002320002771
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