Genetic and demographic predisposing factors associated with pediatric sleepwalking in the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sleepwalking is a parasomnia associated with non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and is formally diagnosed using polysomnography (PSG). However, PSG are difficult to perform on children or adolescents due to needed compliance. To understand this condition in youth, few studies have been conducted on a large cohort of youths with a diverse distribution of ages and races to characterize it better in the absence of PSG. The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of sleepwalking in youth, as well as associated demographic and genetic characteristics, using questionnaires in a large pediatric cohort.

Methods

Data from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort (PNC) of 7515 youths aged between 8 and 22 years were used in analyses. Demographic and clinical data,

SUBMITTER: Chiba Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595666 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature