The incidence and clinical significance of nightmares is difficult to estimate due to varying criteria across studies. The Nightmare Disorder Index (NDI) is a validated measure to evaluate nightmare disorder. However, there is no measure to differentiate trauma-related nightmares compared to trauma associated sleep disorder (TSD), a unique REM parasomnia. The objectives of this study were to...
Trauma associated sleep disorder (TASD) is an emerging parasomnia that develops after trauma with clinical features of trauma related nightmares (TRN), disruptive nocturnal behaviors (DNB), and autonomic disturbances. The purpose of this study is to characterize the clinical and polysomnographic (PSG) features of TASD. Clinical history and detailed video-PSG review, to include post-PSG...