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. 2018 Jul 10;9:303. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00303

Table 1.

List of studies included in the review and summary of key findings.

Hallucinations and other perceptual changes Other psychopathological changes
Citation N Setting (participant description) Duration without sleep % of participants positive findings With Visual Auditory Somatosensory Delusions Disordered thoughts Time distortions Dissociation Mood
(26) 207 Sleep laboratory (military)* 24 h Not reported
(25)a 32 Sleep laboratory (students)* 24 h 43%
(31) 14 Hospital (medical interns)* 32 h (6% sleep) Nil
(18) 10 Laboratory (N/S) 48 h (n = 2); 72 h (n = 8) 60%
(3) 25 Laboratory (military personnel)* 56 h Not reported
(36) 3 Laboratory (staff/students) 60 h 100%
(29) 6 Laboratory (community) 64 h−115 h (2.5–4.7 days) Nil
(37) 7 Hospital (medical students)* 72 h (3 days) 100%
(33) 20 Talkathon (community)* 88 h 100%
(45) 3 N/S (community) 90 h 33%
(35) 6 Laboratory (medical students) 96 h (4 days) 100%
(30) 26 Research ward (military)* 98 h 46%
(34) 27 N/S (students)§ 100 h 100%
(32) 350 Military camp (military)§ 112 h 11%
(48) 4 Research ward (students)* 120 h (5 days) 100%
(39) 12 Hospital (N/S)§ 123 h “Some”
(41) 1 Radio marathon (community)§ 168 h (7 days) N = 1 (yes)
(42) 4 Research ward (students)* 205 h (8 days) 100%
(28) 1 Home (community)§ 231 h (9 days, 2% sleep) N = 1 (yes)
(40) 1 Radio marathon (community)§ 252 h (10 days) N = 1 (yes)
(46) 1 Laboratory (community)§ 264 h (11 days) N = 1 (yes)
*

Study using questionnaires or symptom rating scales;

§

Study using mental health interviews or self-reports.

a

Petrovsky et al. (23) and Meyhöfer et al. (25) report on the same participants and only the former is reviewed here.