Golding and Kerguelen developed an illness rating scale for subjects evaluated for motion sickness. This can help separate patients based on severity of symptoms and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
Parameters:
(1) symptoms
(2) nausea
(3) need to stop
Symptoms |
Nausea |
Need to Stop |
Rating |
none |
none |
no |
1 |
slight, minimal |
none |
no |
2 |
mild |
none |
no |
3 |
NA |
mild |
no |
4 |
NA |
mild to moderate |
no |
5 |
NA |
moderate |
no |
6 |
NA |
moderate |
yes |
7 |
where:
• Griffen and Mills used the same parameters but the rating scores ran from 0 to 6.
• Severe nausea is not included in the scale.
Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care