Sleep paralysis in adolescents: the 'a dead body climbed on top of me' phenomenon in Mexico.
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences August 1, 2009 Alejandro Jiménez-Genchi, Víctor M Avila-Rodríguez, Frida Sánchez-Rojas et al.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of sleep paralysis in adolescents using a folk expression. Three hundred and twenty-two adolescents (mean age, 15.9 +/- 0.88 years; 66.8% female) from three high schools in Mexico City completed both a self-reported questionnaire, including a colloquial definition of sleep paralysis and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale....