Limits of self-report in assessing sleep terrors in a population survey

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-93

  Hublin, Christer ^a,b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Partinen, Markku ^a,b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Parasomnia; Pavor nocturnus; Screening questionnaire; Sleep disorder; Sleep terror

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHTMARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0033082370     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.1.89     Document Type: Article

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