Self-reported sleepwalking in australian senior secondary school students

Publication date: Available online 24 August 2016
Source:Sleep Medicine
Author(s): H.M. Stallman, M. Kohler, A. Wilson, S. Biggs, J. Dollman, J. Martin, D. Kennedy, K. Lushington
BackgroundFew studies have examined self-reported sleepwalking in older adolescents. The aim of this study was examine the one month self-report period prevalence rates of sleepwalking in Australian adolescents.MethodsParticipants were 532 Australian adolescents in their final two years of secondary school.ResultsThe 1 month period prevalence of sleepwalking was 2.9% (95% CI 1.47 - 4.33) in this sample—1% reported sleepwalking at least once a week in the previous month. A significant proportion of participants were unsure if they had sleepwalked—17.5%.ConclusionThe results provide data on the self-reported prevalence rate of sleepwalking in older adolescents. Compared with population data, this rate falls within the confidence intervals of child and adult prevalence rates of sleepwalking and is consistent with a decline in sleepwalking from childhood and adulthood. Further research is needed to explore how adolescents know they sleepwalk to understand the reliability of self-report measures.



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