Table 4

- Relation between public sleep pattern and sleep paralysis phenomena, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

Sleep pattern	Previously had sleep paralysis						P-value
	Total		Yes		No
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sleep hours daily
<5	83	15.8	66	18.3	17	10.4	0.038*
5-6	178	34.0	124	34.4	54	32.9
7-8	191	36.5	128	35.6	63	38.4
>8	72	13.7	42	11.7	30	18.3
Sleep quality
Very poor	7	1.3	6	1.7	1	0.6	0.421
Poor	72	13.7	52	14.4	20	12.2
Good	263	50.2	184	51.1	79	48.2
Very good	182	34.7	118	32.8	64	39.0
Have difficulty sleeping at night?
Never	35	6.7	22	6.1	13	7.9	0.768
Rarely	85	16.2	60	16.7	25	15.2
Sometimes	275	52.5	187	51.9	88	53.7
Always	66	12.6	49	13.6	17	10.4
Usually	63	12.0	42	11.7	21	12.8
Wake up during the night after falling asleep
Never	27	5.2	19	5.3	8	4.9	0.625
Rarely	117	22.3	85	23.6	32	19.5
Sometimes	259	49.4	171	47.5	88	53.7
Always	44	8.4	33	9.2	11	6.7
Usually	77	14.7	52	14.4	25	15.2
Wake up early in the morning and have difficulty getting back to sleep
Never	37	7.1	25	6.9	12	7.3	0.048*
Rarely	85	16.2	56	15.6	29	17.7
Sometimes	243	46.4	159	44.2	84	51.2
Always	54	10.3	44	12.2	10	6.1
Usually	105	20.0	76	21.1	29	17.7
Feel excessive sleepiness during the daytime
Never	44	8.4	24	6.7	20	12.2	0.060
Rarely	88	16.8	65	18.1	23	14.0
Sometimes	268	51.1	186	51.7	82	50.0
Always	55	10.5	35	9.7	20	12.2
Usually	69	13.2	50	13.9	19	11.6