Clinical features of isolated sleep paralysis

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11120/19:43918340

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945718308311?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945718308311?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.007" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Clinical features of isolated sleep paralysis

Original language description

Objective Isolated sleep paralysis (ISP) is a relatively common parasomnia often accompanied by fear and distress. However, little is known about the range and relative severities of typical ISP symptoms and accompanying hallucinations. Further, there have been inconsistent findings with regard to demographic differences in ISP. Patients/Method 185 individuals with ISP (and 322 controls) were assessed for 27 symptoms and hallucinations using a clinical interview and trained diagnosticians. Insomnia symptoms were also assessed. Results Rates of ISP did not differ according to gender or ethnic minority status, but higher levels of insomnia were associated with episodes. The participants with ISP reported a mean of 7.73 symptoms beyond atonia. Hallucinations of others were relatively common. Specifically, 57.84% of the sample sensed a presence in the room with them during ISP, and the majority believed it to be a non-human presence. 21.62% of the sample experienced visual hallucinations of others, with the majority perceiving strangers as opposed to known individuals. A panoply of supernatural/paranormal entities were reported by the 24.32% of participants who hallucinated non-human beings. A minority of individuals with ISP experienced clinically-significant distress (10.27%) and/or impairment (7.57%) as a result of episodes. Conclusion ISP episodes were complex and often multisensorial experiences, and the majority of assessed symptoms were associated with clinically-significant levels of fear/distress. Vivid hallucinations of other people and entities were common as well, and it is recommended that ISP be assessed when patients report seemingly anomalous experiences.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50102 - Psychology, special (including therapy for learning, speech, hearing, visual and other physical and mental disabilities);

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1611" target="_blank" >LO1611: Sustainability for The National Institute of Mental Health</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sleep Medicine

ISSN

1389-9457

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

58

Issue of the periodical within the volume

June

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

102-106

UT code for WoS article

000470846500016

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85066072696