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In the first major study to assess the prevalence of sleepwalking in the U.S. in more than three decades, researchers found that nearly one-third of adults sleepwalk at some point in their lives, which is far more common than we previously thought.

Hi, I’m Bailey Mosier. This is your EmpowHER HER Daily Dose.
In the first major study to assess the prevalence of sleepwalking in the U.S. in more than three decades, researchers found that nearly one-third of adults sleepwalk at some point in their lives, which is far more common than we previously thought.

Researchers from the Sleep Epidemiology Research Center at Stanford University studied 15,000 Americans age 18 and older and found 30 percent of adults sleepwalk.

People with depression were three-and-a-half-times more likely to sleepwalk than those without, and people with obsessive compulsive disorder were four times more likely. Alcohol dependence also was associated with nocturnal wandering.

Sleepwalking usually occurs during non-REM sleep and can last anywhere from a few seconds to 30 minutes or more. Researchers are still trying to uncover possible causes or triggers for sleepwalking and are looking to other disorders that have similar brain activity for possible answers.

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Very interesting information. Always amazes me that someone can do all these things while sleepwalking just through their subconscious. powerful stuff.

Marielaina Perrone DDS
Henderson Dentist

October 17, 2012 - 11:35am
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