Prevalence and Illness Beliefs of Sleep Paralysis among Chinese Psychiatric Patients in China and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2394530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Albert Yeung (0000-0001-8018-998X, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University,, corresponding author), Yong Xu (0000-0002-9746-6004, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical School, corresponding author), Doris F Chang (0000-0002-6763-7538, Ohio University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-145 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transcultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363461505050725 |
| PMID | 15881273 |
| OpenAlex | W2005519921 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 13 |
To investigate the prevalence and illness beliefs of sleep paralysis (SP) among Chinese patients in a psychiatric out-patient clinic, consecutive Chinese/Chinese-American patients who attended psychiatric out-patient clinics in Boston and Shanghai were asked about their lifetime prevalence, personal experience and perceptions regarding the causes, precipitating factors, consequences, and help-seeking of SP. During the 4-month study period, 42 non-psychotic psychiatric out-patients from the Boston site and 150 patients from the Shanghai site were interviewed. The prevalence of SP was found to be 26.2% in Boston and 23.3% in Shanghai. Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or panic disorder reported a higher prevalence of SP than did patients without these disorders. Patients attributed SP to fatigue, stress, and other psychosocial factors. Although the experience has traditionally been labeled 'ghost oppression' among the Chinese, only two patients, one from each site, endorsed supernatural causes of their SP. Sleep paralysis is common among Chinese psychiatric out-patients. The endorsement of supernatural explanations for SP is rare among contemporary Chinese patients
Anxiety · Insomnia · Panic · Panic disorder · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sleep disorder · Sleep paralysis · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Medicine · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2021 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |