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ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2022

Comorbid parasomnias in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia: more REM than NREM parasomnias.

Smaranda Leu-Semenescu, Jean-Baptiste Maranci, Régis Lopez, Xavier Drouot, Pauline Dodet, Ana Gales, Elisabeth Groos, Lucie Barateau, Patricia Franco, Michel Lecendreux and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Families of adults with idiopathic hypersomnia and narcolepsy: psychosocial impact and contribution to symptom management.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025
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  5. Narcolepsy and rapid eye movement sleep.Journal of sleep research · 2025
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  6. Diagnostic challenges and burden of idiopathic hypersomnia: a systematic literature review.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Smaranda Leu-SemenescuSleep Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, AP-HP Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Jean-Baptiste MaranciSleep Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, AP-HP Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Régis LopezNational Reference Center for Orphan Diseases, Narcolepsy, Idiopathic Hypersomnia and Kleine-Levin Syndrome, Paris, France.
Xavier DrouotClinical Neurophysiology Department, La Miletrie University Hospital, Poitiers, France.
Pauline DodetSleep Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, AP-HP Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Ana GalesSleep Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, AP-HP Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Elisabeth GroosSleep Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, AP-HP Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Lucie BarateauNational Reference Center for Orphan Diseases, Narcolepsy, Idiopathic Hypersomnia and Kleine-Levin Syndrome, Paris, France.
Patricia FrancoNational Reference Center for Orphan Diseases, Narcolepsy, Idiopathic Hypersomnia and Kleine-Levin Syndrome, Paris, France.
Michel LecendreuxNational Reference Center for Orphan Diseases, Narcolepsy, Idiopathic Hypersomnia and Kleine-Levin Syndrome, Paris, France.
Yves DauvilliersNational Reference Center for Orphan Diseases, Narcolepsy, Idiopathic Hypersomnia and Kleine-Levin Syndrome, Paris, France.
Isabelle ArnulfSleep Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, AP-HP Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Sorbonne Université · FRInserm · FRAssistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRGTx (United States) · USUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

objectivesTo assess the frequency, determinants, and clinical impact of clinical rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) parasomnias in adult patients with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1), narcolepsy type 2 (NT2), and idiopathic hypersomnia compared with healthy controls.

methodsFamilial and past and current personal parasomnias were assessed by questionnaire and medical interviews in 710 patients (220 NT1, 199 NT2, and 221 idiopathic hypersomnia) and 595 healthy controls.

resultsExcept for sleep-related eating disorder, current NREM parasomnias were rare in all patient groups and controls. Sleep-related eating disorder was more frequent in NT1 patients (7.9% vs 1.8% in NT2 patients, 2.1% in patients with idiopathic hypersomnia, and 1% in controls) and associated with disrupted nighttime sleep (odds ratio = 3.9) and nocturnal eating in full awareness (odds ratio = 6.9) but not with sex. Clinical REM sleep behavior disorder was more frequent in NT1 patients (41.4%, half being violent) than in NT2 patients (13.2%) and affected men more often than women (odds ratio = 2.4). It was associated with disrupted nighttime sleep, depressive symptoms, and antidepressant use. Frequent (> 1/week) nightmares were reported by 39% of patients with NT1, 29% with NT2, and 27.8% with idiopathic hypersomnia (vs 8.3% in controls) and were associated with depressive symptoms in narcolepsy. No parasomnia (except sleep-related hallucinations) worsened daytime sleepiness.

conclusionsIn patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence, comorbid NREM parasomnias (except for sleep-related eating disorder) are rare and do not worsen sleepiness. In contrast, REM parasomnias are prevalent (especially in NT1) and are associated with male sex, disrupted nighttime sleep, depressive symptoms, and antidepressant use. CITATION: Leu-Semenescu S, Maranci J-B, Lopez R, et al. Comorbid parasomnias in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia: more REM than NREM parasomnias.

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Disorders of Excessive SomnolenceIdiopathic HypersomniaNarcolepsyParasomniasAdultFemaleHumansMaleSleep, REMantidepressantsidiopathic hypersomnianarcolepsynightmare disorderREM sleep behavior disordersleep-related eating disordersleep talkingsleep terrorssleepwalking

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PMID34984974
PMCPMC9059608
OpenAlexW4206511918

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