Prevalence and pathologic associations of sleep paralysis in the general population.
Neurology April 12, 1999 Maurice Ohayon, J Zulley, C Guilleminault et al.
Previous epidemiologic data on sleep paralysis (SP) came from small specific samples. The true prevalence and associated factors of SP in the general population remain unknown. A representative sample of the noninstitutionalized general population of Germany and Italy age > or =15 years (n = 8,085) was surveyed by telephone using the Sleep-EVAL questionnaire and the Sleep Questionnaire of...