ReviewFrontiers in neurology2019
Dreams and Nightmares in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dronabinol for nightmares in post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial.Nature medicine · 2026Trial
- Treating narcolepsy-related nightmares with cognitive behavioural therapy and targeted lucidity reactivation: A pilot study.Journal of sleep research · 2025Trial
- Transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy for nightmares and parasomnias.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Trial
- Enhancing primary care detection and referral of nightmare disorder: a quality improvement initiative : Journal name: Sleep and Breathing.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2026Article
- Neurocognitive, mood changes, and sleepiness in patients with REM-predominant obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2023Review
- A Narrative Review of the Association between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Traumatized Us Collectively? The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Sleep Factors via Traumatization: A Multinational Survey.Nature and science of sleep · 2022Article
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- Case Report: Parasomnia Overlap Disorder Induced by Obstructive Sleep Hypopnea Apnea Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can present with or provoke various psychological symptoms. In this article, we critically review studies that have examined dreams, dream recall, and dream content in patients with OSA. Obstructive events induce recurrent sleep fragmentation and intermittent desaturations in patients with OSA, which may trigger different parasomnias, including nightmares. Contradictory results have been reported concerning dreams in patients with OSA; while some investigators have reported less dreams in OSA patients, others have described that patients with OSA have increased dreams with emotional content, mainly violent and hostile content. Although there are reports of respiratory-related dream content in patients with OSA, most studies that have assessed the dream content of patients with OSA revealed that respiratory-related dream content was unusual. A clear association between post-traumatic stress disorders, comorbid OSA, and nightmares has been reported in several studies. Furthermore, an improvement in nightmare frequency with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment has been shown. An inverse relationship between the severity of OSA reflected by the apnea-hypopnea index and dream recall has been demonstrated in several studies. Future studies should differentiate between patients with non-stage specific OSA and patients with rapid eye movement (REM) predominant OSA.
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