Simulator Sickness Questionnaire

Items

Note: All questions are answered on a 4 point scale.

Anchors: 0 None, 1 Slight, 2 Moderate, 3 Severe

Rate your experience of the following (i.e., right now I feel:)

1. General discomfort (N,O) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

2. Fatigue (O) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

3. Headache (O) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

4. Eyestrain (O) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

5. Difficulty focusing (O,D) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

6. Increased salivation (N) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

7. Sweating (N) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

8. Nausea (N) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

9. Difficulty concentrating (N,O) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

10. Fullness of head (D) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

11. Blurred vision (O,D) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

12. Dizzy (eyes open) (D) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

13. Dizzy (eyes closed) (D) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

14. Vertigo (D) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

15. Stomach awareness (N) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

16. Burping (N) None____Slight____Moderate____Severe____

N = Nausea item, O = Oculomotor item, D = Disorientation item

Scoring Instructions

Step 1

Nausea [N] : 1+6+7+8+9+15+16

Oculomotor [O]: 1+2+3+4+5+9+11

Disorientation [D]: 5+10+11+12+13+14

Step 1

Nausea Subscale [NW] : [N] * 9.54

Occulomotor Subscale [OW] : [O] * 7.58

Dissorientation Subscale [DW] : [D] * 13.92

Step 3

Total Score: ( [N] + [O] + [D] ) * 3.74

Limitations

Some individuals scored Disorientation subscale without Nausea as an item..

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