William Atkins Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:22

Science - Health

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According to a May 2012 study published in the journalNeurology, nearly1 out of 3 adults in the United States sleepwalk or, as the authors say, have nocturnal wanderings.

The French and American authors of the study include M.M. Ohayon, M.W. Mahowald, Y. Dauvilliers, A.D. Krystal, and D. Lger.

These researchers wanted to test how frequently people walk in their sleep, what they call nocturnal wandering with abnormal state of consciousness.

They sampled the general population of the United States, a representative sample of 19,136 noninstitutionalized adults from the U.S. population who were 18 years or older.

The researchers administered the Sleep-EVAL-expert system to these participants, asking they such questions as their life and sleeping habits, general health, and mental disorders.

The results of the study found that nocturnal wandering (NW) occurred in 29.2% of the participants.

The study also found the following:

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Nearly 30% of people sleepwalk! Are you one?