Nightmares: risk factors among the Finnish general adult population.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To identify risk factors for experiencing nightmares among the Finnish general adult population. The study aimed to both test whether previously reported correlates of frequent nightmares could be reproduced in a large population sample and to explore previously unreported associations.

Design

Two independent cross-sectional population surveys of the National FINRISK Study.

Setting

Age- and sex-stratified random samples of the Finnish population in 2007 and 2012.

Participants

A total of 13,922 participants (6,515 men and 7,407 women) aged 25-74 y.

Interventions

N/A.

Measurements and results

Nightmare frequency as well as several items related to socioeconomic status, sleep, mental well-being, life satisfaction, alcohol use, medica

SUBMITTER: Sandman N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4355890 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature