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Prevalence and Correlates of Susceptibility to Motion Sickness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Krishan Sharma

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Data on susceptibility to motion sickness were collected on a sample of 535 individuals divided into eight groups. The prevalence of motion sickness among Tibetans and Northeast Indians (28%) was slightly higher than Northwest Indians (26%). Generally speaking, females (27.3%) were more susceptible than males (16.8%). Among different groups, the highest incidence of susceptibility to motion sickness (SMS) was recorded in schizophrenic patients (30%), while the lowest in rowers (zero percent). Ears and eyes are the most potent receptors of provocative motion that causes sickness. Individuals with greater spatial and motor control, reflected in sports like rowing, athletics and professions like armed and paramilitary forces, were less susceptible to motion sickness.

The SMS was significantly higher in individuals who suffered from spatial disorientation (35.05%), migraine (26.31%), gastrointestinal disorders (26.82%) and those who were more sensitive to unpleasant odours (24.64%) and preferred sweet flavours (24.48%) than their counterparts. These correlates have been utilized to explain the genesis of sickness using threshold model. Genetic and environmental pathways are strongly advocated. Past episodes of motion sickness acted as a strong psychological attribute in determining further episodes. The roadway buses and trucks proved more effective passive transportation types that caused sickness. The voluntary stabilization of the head and neck movements and gaze control proved very effective natural measures adopted by 38% subjects to avoid or limit motion sickness. About 50% of susceptible individuals became less susceptible or fully acclimatized to motion sickness due to habituation. The mean age at acclimatization was 21.98 ± 5.93 years.

Keywords

Motion sickness (MS)PrevalenceEthnic variationCorrelates
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 105 - 121
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1997

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