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Objective: Parasomnias are sleep disorders that are characterised by abnormal or unwanted movements, behaviours, emotions, perceptions, dreams and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. This study aimed to investigate the presence of childhood traumatic experiences and dissociative symptoms in patients with parasomnia. Materials and Methods: This study included 38 patients with parasomnias and 40 patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), who were diagnosed according to International sleep disorders classification 3 in the sleep outpatient clinics of İstanbul Provincial Health Directorate İstanbul 2nd Division Public Hospitals Association Sleep Disorders Diagnosis and Treatment Centers, between March 2018 and July 2018. All participants were evaluated with the childhood trauma scale, dissociative experience scale (DES), Beck depression scale and Beck anxiety scale. Mediator analyses were applied to process data. Results: A significant difference was found between the parasomnia and OSAS groups in terms of the cut-off scores of the childhood trauma questionnaire (childhood trauma questionnaire; p=0.004) and depressive symptoms (p=0.005). No significant differences were found in terms of DES scores (p=0.456) and anxiety symptoms (p=0.934). A significant difference was noted in the scores of the sexual abuse (p=0.038) and emotional abuse (p=0.001) subscales of childhood trauma questionnaire. No significant difference was found in other subscales. Conclusion: The finding that childhood trauma is higher in patients in the parasomnia group than in those in the control group emphasises the importance of cooperation with psychiatrists in order to diagnose and treat these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The objective of this study was to address the relationships between demographics and sexsomnia episodes, and sexual health issues in affected individuals. This study is the first sexsomnia survey conducted in Turkey. Sexsomnia comprises involuntary, unconscious sexual behavior during sleep, observed by a bed partner. Method:To reach people with and without sexsomnia, an online survey method was used. Among 274 participants, 42 of them reported having sexsomnia. Results: Women who do not have sexsomnia have more sexual problems than women who have sexsomnia episodes. The sexsomnia experiences of men and women also differed. Additionally, there were gender differences with difficulties caused by the sexsomnia. Conclusions: There is a need for further studies on sexsomnia that address socio-cultural, gender, and biological factors (including sleep disorders). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Medical students are under the risk of developing sleep disorders due to heavy curriculum and long studying hours. This condition causes sleep disorders to occur more frequently in medical faculty students compared to the normal society. The present study aims to determine the prevalence of sleep disorders in medical students and the examination of change according to classes. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire that based on ICSD-3 for assessing insomnia, Restless Legs syndrome (RLS) and parasomnia, Epworth Sleepiness Scale for excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), and Berlin Questionnaire for Sleep Apnea syndrome (SAS) were used. Results: In 762 students, the prevalence value was obtained as 22.8% for total EDS, 11.2% for insomnia, 25.2% for bruxism, and 5.6% for RLS. It was concluded that 35.5% of students were under the risk of developing SAS. It was observed that no significant difference was found between the classes in term of developing a sleep disorder. Among the genders, while EDS and sleep talking were significantly high in women, sleep terror was significantly high in men. Sleep eating status was found to be significantly high frequency in students with a body mass index over 30. Conclusion: This study proved that risk of developing insomnia and SAS have a much higher frequency in medical faculty students than society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Insomnia and parasomnia are the most commonly seen sleep disorders in childhood. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of insomnia and parasomnia in school children in a metropolitan area (Trabzon) of Turkey. This is the first study on this issue in Turkey to use a large sample size. Methods: An 84‐item questionnaire was administered to 5200 school children from different socioeconomic levels in 10 primary and 10 secondary schools. The questionnaire included items on the symptoms of sleep disorders and the predisposing factors according to The International Classification of Sleep Disorders‐2 (ICSD‐2) criteria, sleep habits, as well as demographic, social and economic status. Of the 5200 questionnaires, 4144 were evaluated after elimination of questionnaires with insufficient or incorrect information. Results: A total of 780 children (18.8%) were diagnosed with insomnia and 1980 (47.8%) were diagnosed with parasomnia. No significant gender difference was observed. Snoring was more common in boys while sleep talking and nightmares were more common in girls (P < 0.05). Sleep talking was the most common type of parasomnia (28.4%), followed by bruxism (14.1%), nightmares (12.9%), primary snoring (7.2%), night terror (5.7%), enuresis (4.7%), and sleepwalking (4.2%). With increasing age, total sleep duration and parasomnia prevalence decreased and prevalence of insomnia increased significantly (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Prevalence of sleep disorders and their predisposing factors were similar to that in the literature. This is of great importance for the diagnosis, follow up and treatment of sleep disturbance in outpatient clinics, especially in pediatric neurology departments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]