Questionnaire relating to sleep paralysis

A sleep survey was conducted on 8162 citizens. The cumulative experience rate of sleep paralysis was 39.6%. The initial occurrence of sleep paralysis peaked at age 16 years. In addition to being higher in young people than in older subjects, the incidence of sleep paralysis was also higher among wom...

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Published inPsychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 265 - 266
Main Authors Kotorii, Tsuyoshi, Kotorii, Tatayu, Uchimura, Naohisa, Hashizume, Yuji, Shirakawa, Shinichirou, Satomura, Takeshi, Tanaka, Junji, Nakazawa, Youichi, Maeda, Hisao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Science Pty 01.06.2001
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age of Onset
Child
cumulative experience age
Female
gender differences
Humans
Incidence
insomnia
Male
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Occupations
shift worker
sleep paralysis
Sleep Paralysis - diagnosis
Sleep Paralysis - epidemiology
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Summary:A sleep survey was conducted on 8162 citizens. The cumulative experience rate of sleep paralysis was 39.6%. The initial occurrence of sleep paralysis peaked at age 16 years. In addition to being higher in young people than in older subjects, the incidence of sleep paralysis was also higher among women than among men, and was significantly higher among shift worker than non‐shift worker, and among persons engaged in the nursing profession than those not engaged in the nursing profession. The experience rate of sleep paralysis demonstrated a strong correlation with the frequency of dreaming, the experience rate of nightmares, times and regularity of going to bed and waking up, and particularly with the degree of insomnia.
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ISSN:1323-1316
1440-1819
DOI:10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00853.x