Title

Comparison of sickness symptoms between dropout and finishing participants in virtual environment studies

Abstract

Virtual environment (VE) users often experience varying levels of Nausea, Oculomotor Discomfort, and Disorientation after VE exposure. Is there a difference in symptoms for people who end their VE exposure prematurely compared to those who, though suffering discomfort, do not? Sickness data from 29 participants who dropped out of their experimental study (dropouts) and 29 of the most severely sick of those who completed their study (finishers) were compared. Though there was insufficient evidence to conclude that the two groups differed in terms of Total Severity, dropouts experienced significantly more Nausea than did finishers. Relative subscale rankings indicate the most severe symptom for dropouts was primarily Disorientation followed by Nausea. For finishers the most severe symptom was also Disorientation but followed essentially equally by either Nausea or Oculomotor Discomfort. Ramifications of these findings are discussed.

Publication Date

12-1-1998

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volume

2

Number of Pages

1466-1470

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

0032271853 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0032271853

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