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Perceived awareness of sleep paralysis phenomenon (old hag syndrome) and its most common risk factors among people from Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

Fatimah J. Aledili, Fatimah A. Albahrani, Laila Y. Alalawi, Fatema Rafea Aleliwi, Fatimah A. Bomouzah, Ghadeer Z. Alghasham, Khalid M. Alhajri and Majed Alabdali
Saudi Medical Journal December 2021, 42 (12) 1302-1312; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.12.20210628

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