READ ME File For 'Dataset in support of the thesis 'Motion Sickness During Low Frequency Lateral and Roll Motions in Isolation and in Combination: Effect of Visual Conditions with/without VR HMD Device'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2814

ReadMe Author: Yahya Sumayli, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0003-4850-5529

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Motion Sickness During Low Frequency Lateral and Roll Motions in Isolation and in Combination: Effect of Visual Conditions with/without VR HMD Device' 
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2023

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
1) The illness ratings: an illness rating scale (adapted from Golding and Kerguelen (1992)) was used to measure subjects’ motion sickness on a seven-point scale (from 0 to 6) during motion exposure. Subjects were asked every minute to rate their sickness using a number based on the illness rating scale (from 0 to 6) during motion exposure. Mean illness ratings were obtained by summing the illness ratings reported by a subject each minute and then dividing by the number of minutes of motion exposure. 

2) The symptom scores: a symptom checklist was used to allow subjects to report symptoms they may experience during exposure to motion with/without use of a VR HMD device. Individual values for each symptom were added together to give a total symptom score. 

3) MSSQ measures: Six measures of motion sickness susceptibility were obtained using responses from the motion sickness susceptibility questionnaire (MSSQ) devised by Griffin and Howarth (2000). This questionnaire was designed to determine how a person is susceptible to motion sickness, and what types of motion are most effective in causing that sickness (i.e., nausea, vomiting, etc.) in both land and non-land transport. The six measures of motion sickness susceptibility are illness susceptibility in the last year, Isusc(yr); vomiting susceptibility in the last year Vsusc(yr); total susceptibility to vomiting, Vtotal; total susceptibility to motion sickness in all types of transport, Mtotal; susceptibility to motion sickness in land transport, Mland; and susceptibility to motion sickness in non-land transport, Mnon-land.

This dataset contains:

Illness ratings, symptom scores and MSSQ measures, which are all described above. 


Date of data collection: The data were collected during four experiments from 2020 to 2022. 

Information about geographic location of data collection: Human Factors Research Unit, Institute of Sound and Vibration, University of Southampton. 


Related publication:

1) Sumayli, Y., & Ye, Y. (2021). The effect of visual scene on motion sickness induced by lateral oscillation. 8th American Conference on Human Vibration, United States. 23 - 25 Jun 2021. 2 pp.

2) Sumayli, Y., & Ye, Y. (2023). Motion Sickness during Roll Motion: VR HMD View versus Monitor View. Vibration, 6(1), 45-56.


Date that the file was created: October, 2023