A wake-up call for “nightmares”
Vincent Mysliwiec, Matthew S. Brock, Kristi E. Pruiksma
Sleep January 5, 2023 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad004 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Duration | 1-year follow-up |
| Measures | Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index |
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Reports that Wong et al. found a nightmare prevalence of 16.3% among youth in Hong Kong, based on a threshold of one or more nightmares per week assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index question on bad dreams, with data collected at baseline and one-year follow-up. |
Abstract
The manuscript by Wong et al. in this issue [1] reports on nightmare-related findings at baseline and 1-year follow-up in a large scale, epidemiological mental health study of youth in Hong Kong from May 2019 to March 2022. Using a frequency of one or more nightmares per week based on the “having bad dreams” (translates to “nightmares” in Chinese) question from the Pittsburgh sleep quality index, they determined the prevalence of nightmares was 16.3%.
Citations in the library
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