The effects of Sopite Syndrome on self-paced airsickness desensitization program
By: Michelle A. Flaherty
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Description: The U. S. Navy implemented the Self-Paced Airsickness Desensitization (SPAD) program in 1989 for aviation      students whose incidence of airsickness was not easily resolved. Some participants may have also experienced      symptoms that are not typically recognized as motion sickness, including prolonged drowsiness and/or mood      changes. These effects are part of a poorly understood response to motion termed "Sopite Syndrome." This      thesis explores the effects of Sopite Syndrome on student aviators diagnosed with motion sickness. Sixty SPAD      program participants completed a survey comprised of scales, which estimate motion sickness, drowsiness,      fatigue, and sleep disturbances during SPAD treatment days. Results indicate: (1) symptoms consistent of      Sopite Syndrome were reported by 45% of the participants and (2) the presence of Sopite Syndrome in a      SPAD participant was not an accurate predictor for successful treatment and return to flight status.
Notes: "September 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): John K. Schmidt, Robert R. Read.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59)

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US Navy (USN) author.

dk/dk cc:9116 10/26/98.