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.
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