1987
DOI: 10.1177/000992288702601002
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The Natural History of Night Terrors

Abstract: Night terrors are a sleep disorder, resulting from a partial arousal during slow-wave sleep. They usually occur within 2 hours of sleep onset and are characterized by agitation and unresponsiveness to external stimuli. Nineteen children (ten males, nine females) with onset of night terrors before age 7.5 years were studied by means of a questionnaire. Mean observation time (time from onset age to age at survey) was 8.5 years, but longer than 10 years in nine subjects. Seventy percent of the children had their … Show more

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“…We have no simple explanation for the slightly higher prevalence of somniloquy in males. The present study confirms results from epidemiologic studies in children 38,45,48,50,54 concerning an association between sleepwalking, night terrors, and somniloquy. A predisposition to awake confused out of deep slow wave sleep likely puts a child at risk for developing both sleepwalking and night terrors and may explain the common cooccurrence of these parasomnias.…”
Section: Somniloquysupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…We have no simple explanation for the slightly higher prevalence of somniloquy in males. The present study confirms results from epidemiologic studies in children 38,45,48,50,54 concerning an association between sleepwalking, night terrors, and somniloquy. A predisposition to awake confused out of deep slow wave sleep likely puts a child at risk for developing both sleepwalking and night terrors and may explain the common cooccurrence of these parasomnias.…”
Section: Somniloquysupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Contrary to sleepwalking, night terrors are dramatic and more likely to be detected and accurately reported by parents. 45,50 At age 13 years, night terrors were still persisting in 6.7% (1.2% of the total sample) of night terrors sufferers. This is lower than the estimate made by DiMario and Emery 50 who found that night terrors persisted into adolescence in 36% of their cases.…”
Section: Night Terrorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As shown by Di Mario and Emery [9], children suffering from sleep terrors with age at onset less than 3.5 years attain a peak frequency of at least one episode per week, while children with age at onset between 3.5 and 7.5 years usually reach a peak frequency of 1-2 episodes per month; in the same study, the disorder mean duration was 3.9 years, with a tendency for longer duration in children with positive family history for sleep walking. In the same study, sleep terrors stopped by the age of 8 years in 50% of cases; 36% continued into adolescence.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…The subjects affected by this sleep disorder usually do not report dreams or nightmares but might have a vague sense of frightening images. Sleep terrors show a prevalence rate ranging from 1% to 6.5% [9]. Sleep terrors can affect also adults; however, they show a peak of prevalence between 5 and 7 years of age and their frequency reaches its maximum soon after the onset of the disorder.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Environ 1% à 6% des enfants seraient victimes de terreurs nocturnes (DiMario & Emery, 1987;Soldatos & Lugaresi, 1987 …”
Section: Les Terreurs Nocturnesunclassified