Risk factors of sleep paralysis in a population of Polish students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep paralysis (SP) is a transitional dissociative state associated with the REM sleep phase that affects approximately 28.3% of the student population during their lifetime. The reasons for the high prevalence of SP in the student population are not entirely clear. Research indicates possible influencing factors such as the intensification of anxiety symptoms, a tendency to worry, the presence of PTSD symptoms, and behavioral factors such as the consumption of psychoactive substances (caffeine, alcohol, nicotine), sleep deprivations and poor sleep hygiene. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of SP and determine the risk factors for the occurrence of SP in the population of Polish students.

Methods

The study used a battery online consisting of a set of quest

SUBMITTER: Wrobel-Knybel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171979 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature