Exploring the Participant-Related Determinants of Simulator Sickness in a Physical Motion Car Rollover Simulation as Measured by the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire

Piotr Rzeźniczek, Agnieszka Lipiak, Bartosz Bilski, Ida Laudańska-Krzemińska, Marcin Cybulski and Ewelina Chawłowska
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Piotr Rzeźniczek: Teaching Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, ul. Św. Marii Magdaleny 14, 61-861 Poznan, Poland
Agnieszka Lipiak: Department of Preventive Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, ul. Święcickiego 6, 60-781 Poznan, Poland
Bartosz Bilski: Department of Preventive Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, ul. Święcickiego 6, 60-781 Poznan, Poland
Ida Laudańska-Krzemińska: Department of Physical Activity and Health Promotion Science, Poznan University of Physical Education, Poland, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznan, Poland
Marcin Cybulski: Department of Clinical Psychology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, ul. Bukowska 70, 60-812 Poznan, Poland
Ewelina Chawłowska: Department of Preventive Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, ul. Święcickiego 6, 60-781 Poznan, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-14

Abstract: Physical motion driving simulators serve as a valuable research and training tool. Since many simulator participants suffer from simulator sickness (SS), we aimed to gain a better understanding of participant-related variables that may influence its incidence and severity. The study involved a 2-min mobile-platform car rollover simulation conducted in a group of 100 healthy adult participants. SS was measured with the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire immediately before and after the simulation. We investigated how the symptomatology of SS varies with gender, as well as with participants’ previous experiences such as extra driving training or car accidents. Although many SS symptoms occurred already before the simulation, all the symptoms except burping had a significantly greater incidence and severity after the simulation. Before the simulation, men reported disorientation symptoms more often than women, while participants with prior experiences of extra driving training or car accidents scored significantly higher in three out of four Questionnaire components: nausea symptoms, oculomotor symptoms, and the total score. The study offers interesting insights into associations between SS and prior experiences observed by means of high-fidelity real-motion simulations. More research is needed to determine the nature of these associations and their potential usefulness, for example, in helping accident survivors to cope with the distressing or even potentially disabling psychological consequences of accidents.

Keywords: simulator sickness; driving simulator; previous experiences; car accidents; physical motion; road safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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