Out of 175 patients with schizophre

Out of 175 patients with schizophrenia, Palmese et al.
found an 8% prevalence of NES, which was significantly
associatedwith increased rates of insomnia (44%), as assessed
by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) [35]. Very
recently, out of 100 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective
disorders and based on the Night Eating Questionnaire
(NEQ), 8% met the full criteria for NES, with an additional
8% meeting the partial criteria [45]. In 2006, out of 205
psychiatric outpatients (regardless of BMI), Lundgren et al.
found that 12% of patients met the criteria for NES [46].
Patients with NES were more likely to take antipsychotic
medications than those without NES (38.8% versus 30.8%,
resp.,