Title
Susceptibility to seasickness
Author
Bos, J.E.
Damala, D.
Lewis, C.
Ganguly, A.
Turan, O.
TNO Defensie en Veiligheid
Publication year
2007
Abstract
This paper explains part of the observed variability in passenger illness ratings aboard ships by gender, age and sickness history. Within the framework of a European project, 2840 questionnaires, gathered on several ships operating all over Europe, were analysed. Gender, age and sickness history all had a highly significant effect on seasickness. Furthermore, these effects could be characterized by two fixed parameters describing a general age effect, a third parameter dependent on sickness history and a fourth parameter dependent on gender. Female illness ratings peaked at an age of 11 years, 1.5 times as high as male ratings, which peaked at an age of 21 years. At higher ages, illness ratings decrease to only 20% of their maximum, reducing gender differences to zero. Passengers with a previous history of seasickness rated their illness about two times higher than those who had not felt sick before. Keywords: Motion sickness; Seasickness; Susceptibility; Gender; Age; Sickness history
Subject
Age
Gender
Motion sickness
Seasickness
Sickness history
Susceptibility
Behavioral research
Physiology
Social sciences computing
Seasickness
Sickness history
Ergonomics
Age distribution
Aged
Anamnesis
Disease predisposition
Motion sickness
Observer variation
Questionnaire
Rating scale
Risk assessment
Sex difference
Age Factors
Aged
Disease Susceptibility
Health Surveys
Motion Sickness
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Ships
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00140130701245512
TNO identifier
19026
Source
Ergonomics, 50 (6), 890-901
Document type
article