Functional Impairment in Adult Sleepwalkers: A Case-Control Study

• DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2446
• Publication Date: 2013-02-28T21:26:00Z
• Authors: Regis Lopez; Isabelle Jaussent; Sabine Scholz; Sophie Bayard; Jacques Montplaisir; Yves Dauvilliers
• Keywords: Sleepwalking; Parasomnia

To investigate the restorative quality of sleep and daytime functioning in sleepwalking adult patients comparison with controls.Prospective case-control study.Data were collected at Sleep Disorders Center, Hôpital-Gui-de Chauliac, Montpellier, France between June 2007 January 2011.There 140 sleepwalkers (100 (median age 30 y, 55% male) whom primary SW was diagnosed) who underwent 1 night video polysomnography. All participated a standardized clinical interview completed battery questionnaires to assess characteristics parasomnia, sleepiness, fatigue, insomnia, depressive anxiety symptoms, health-related life. Results compared those 100 sex- age-matched normal controls.N/A.Of sleepwalkers, 22.3% presented daily episodes 43.5% weekly episodes. Median onset 9 y. Familial history reported 56.6% violent related behaviors 57.9%, including injuries requiring medical care for least one episode 17%. Significant associations found altered Early-onset had higher frequency injuries. Sleepwalkers terrors triggering factors, greater alteration life.Adult is potentially serious condition that may induce behaviors, self-injury or injury bed partners, disruption, excessive psychological distress, all which affect life.Lopez R; Jaussent I; Scholz S; Bayard Montplaisir J; Dauvilliers Y. Functional impairment sleepwalkers: study. SLEEP 2013;36(3):345-351.