Showing a clear connection between overall well being and nightmares, Finnish researchers have found that symptoms of depression and insomnia are the strongest predictors of having frequent nightmares.
"This is most evident in the connection between nightmares and depression, but also apparent in many other analyses involving nightmares and questions measuring life satisfaction and health," said lead study author Nils Sandman, researcher in the centre for cognitive neuroscience at the University of Turku in Finland.
Results show that 3.9 percent of participants reported having frequent nightmares during the
Frequent nightmares were reported by 28.4 percent of participants with severe depressive symptoms and 17.1 percent of those with frequent insomnia.
Further analysis found that the strongest independent risk factors for nightmares were insomnia, exhaustion and the depressive symptom of "negative attitude towards self".
A nightmare disorder may occur when repeated nightmares cause distress or impairment in social or occupational functioning.
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