Dream Recall Frequency Among Patients in a Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
CO Mume
Libyan Journal of Medicine 2009 DOI: 10.4176/090408 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cohort Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 197 |
| Population | Neuropsychiatric patients on psychotropic drugs and healthy individuals |
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Key findings | A significantly higher proportion of healthy individuals (133/144) recalled dreams compared to neuropsychiatric patients on medication (35/53), suggesting patients may have reduced dream episodes or impaired dream recall. |
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to find out if the frequency of dream recall among neuropsychiatric patients on psychotropic drugs was significantly different from that of healthy individuals.
Methods: The study was done on 53 neuropsychiatric patients with different diagnoses who were on medication and 144 healthy individuals. The number of participants in each group who recalled their dreams and those who did not were compared and analyzed statistically for any significant difference.
Results: Thirty-five out of the 53 neuropsychiatric patients and 133 out of the 144 healthy individuals were able to recall their dreams. A significantly (p < 0.001) higher proportion of the healthy individuals compared to neuropsychiatric patients on medications were able to recall their dreams.
Conclusions: This study has shown that neuropsychiatric patients on medications may have reduced dream episodes or that their ability to remember their dreams may be impaired. A combination of both factors is not unlikely. Thus, the patients have reduced dream recall frequency (DRF) compared to healthy subjects. There might also be individuals who do not dream.
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucid Dreaming: a State of Consciousness with Features of Both Waking and Non-Lucid Dreaming Student volunteers trained to become lucid and signal lucidity with horizontal eye... | 2009 | Observational study | n = 6 |
| Nightmare Prevalence, Nightmare Distress, and Self-Reported Psychological Disturbance Young adults with a mean age of 20 years | 2002 | Prospective observational study | n = 116 |
| Long-term effects of extreme situational stress on sleep and dreaming Survivors of traumatic events who complained of sleep disturbances, compared with... | 1987 | Case-control study | n = 11 |
| The relationship of nightmare frequency and nightmare distress to well‐being Adults who reported dreams | 2004 | Observational cohort | n = 147 |
| Dreaming in NREM Sleep: A High-Density EEG Study of Slow Waves and Spindles Healthy human subjects | 2018 | Observational cohort | n = 14 |
Citations in the library
Cites 7
- The Pattern of Dreams of A Sample of Nigerians Journal of Analytical Psychology July 1, 1994
- Dream recall frequency in a representative German sample. Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1, 2008
- Dream Recall Frequency by Socioeconomic Status of Chinese Students Perceptual and Motor Skills October 1, 2007
- Scopolamine prevents dreams during general anesthesia. Anesthesiology May 2007
- Non-dreamers. Sleep Medicine May 2003
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