Prognosis

The majority of non-rapid eye movement sleep-related events occur in children and improve with treatment of the underlying medical sleep disorder or with increasing age. It usually resolves by adolescence. Remission rates are reported as between 50% and 65%.[5]

Other rare types of parasomnia, such as rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), may be associated with serious complications or be an early warning sign of other neurological impairment. RBD may precede the symptoms of narcolepsy.[12][13][14][15][16] As a complication of nocturnal events, the patient or family members may be injured. Disorders with potential for violent behaviour, such as RBD, increase the likelihood of the patient suffering a significant unintentional injury.

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