Are We Asking the Right Questions? Sex Specificity of Dream Characteristics in Probable Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dream enactment behavior is a common feature of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD); however, there has been surprisingly little focus on sex differences in dream characterization in RBD. This is important to evaluate further, as it is possible that females and males have different dream characteristics in RBD, and screening questionnaires that focus on aggressive and injurious dream features (common to males) may be insensitive to detect RBD in female populations.

Objective

The aim was to determine if dream characteristics are sex specific in people with "probable" RBD (pRBD) and older adults from a large community cohort.

Methods

Adults aged ≥50 years were recruited from the Tasmanian community, Australia, to complete the REM Sleep Beha

SUBMITTER: Bramich S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12715323 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature