Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Nocturnal Wandering

Parasomnias are conditions that disrupt sleep and include arousals with abnormal motor, behavioral, or sensory phenomena. Sonambulism (sleep walking) arises mainly out of slow-wave sleep and usually occurs in the first third of the night, when more slow-wave sleep is seen. Other sleep disorders such as nocturnal epilepsy, confusional …