Department of Community Medicine, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Foundation University Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 Mar;72(3):448-451. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.1313.
To determine the frequency of sleep paralysis among university students, and to determine the association between sleep paralysis and sleep quality along with different predictive factors leading to sleep paralysis.
The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan, from June to October, 2019, and comprised adult students of either gender who had experienced at least one episode of sleep paralysis in the past. Demographic variables were obtained using Google Form, while experiences of sleep paralysis were assessed using the Waterloo Unusual Sleep Experience Questionnaire, and sleep quality was assessed with the Sleep Condition Indicator. Data was analysed using SPSS 20.
Initially, 440 students were assessed/ Of them, 233(53%) were males, 207(47%) were females, 208(47.3%) were aged 20-23 years, and 129(29.3%) were studying in the third year of their university programme. Of the total, 130(29.5%) subjects had experienced sleep paralysis at least once in their lifetime. The most frequent sensation experienced was feeling of floating 22(16.9%). Mean age at the time of the first experience was 9.7±3.1 years, and 66(50.8%) had experienced the episodes while lying on their back, while 32(24.6%) had positive family history of sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis had significant relationship with sleep quality (p<0.001).
About one-third of the sample had experienced sleep paralysis once in their lifetime. The relationship between sleep paralysis and insomnia was significant.
确定大学生睡眠瘫痪症的发生频率，并确定睡眠瘫痪症与睡眠质量之间的关系，以及导致睡眠瘫痪症的不同预测因素。
本描述性横断面研究于 2019 年 6 月至 10 月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡的国立现代语言大学进行，纳入了过去至少经历过一次睡眠瘫痪症发作的成年男女学生。使用谷歌表格获取人口统计学变量，使用滑铁卢异常睡眠体验问卷评估睡眠瘫痪症的发生情况，使用睡眠状况指标评估睡眠质量。使用 SPSS 20 进行数据分析。
最初评估了 440 名学生，其中 233 名（53%）为男性，207 名（47%）为女性，208 名（47.3%）年龄在 20-23 岁之间，129 名（29.3%）在大学三年级学习。在总人数中，130 名（29.5%）受试者至少有一次一生中经历过睡眠瘫痪症。最常见的感觉是漂浮感 22 名（16.9%）。首次发作时的平均年龄为 9.7±3.1 岁，66 名（50.8%）在仰卧位时经历过发作，而 32 名（24.6%）有睡眠瘫痪症的阳性家族史。睡眠瘫痪症与睡眠质量有显著关系（p<0.001）。
约三分之一的样本一生中经历过睡眠瘫痪症。睡眠瘫痪症与失眠之间存在显著关系。
