Sleepwalking or somnambulism has long considered to be a fairly rare disorder for many years. Researchers have been studying the disorder for many years in an attempt to give clinicians more feedback on what to do to treat patients suffering from it. However, that research may fail to help many patients as doctors have likely failed to identify the disorder among many of them.
According to a study conducted in Europe a decade ago, only 2% of the adult population suffered from the disorder. New research suggests that rate is much higher.
How Many People Sleepwalk?
According to Maurice Ohayon, the Stanford professor who conducted the research, about 30% of people sleepwalk at some course in their lives. The study was conducted after polling 16,000 people, who provided case studies going back to their childhood. A similar study conducted in 2011 found that about 3.6% of the adult population sleepwalked, which was only slightly higher than the number reported in Europe 10 years ago.
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