Adaptación al español e interpretación transcultural de la escala de lucidez y consciencia en los sueños (Lucidity and Consciousness in Dreams scale)

INTRODUCTION: It is called lucid dreaming, when the dreamer is aware that he is dreaming and can control the dream content. We lack Spanish-speaking tools that assess the presence of lucid dreams, so our objectives were to carry out the adaptation to Spanish and cross-cultural interpretation of the Lucidity and Consciousness in Dreams Scale (LuCID) and to evaluate the presence of lucid dreamers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Cross-sectional study, carried out by means of translation and retro-translation of the LuCID scale. The ethics committee approved it with number 3359. RESULTS: 220 surveys, N = 216 were chosen. Age of subjects who completed: 18-76 (mean: 38,3) years. Women: n = 146 women. Countries: Argentina and Mexico were the ones that mostly participated. The mean and standard deviation of the analyzed subscales were: control: 2.82 / 1.1; introspection: 2.79 / 1.1; positive emotion: 2.66 / 1.3; dissociation: 2.62 / 1.3; memory: 2.51 / 1.1; thoughts: 2.44 / 1.3; realism: 2.34 / 1.2; negative emotion: 2.22 / 1.3. Of those surveyed, 56 individuals (24.5%) presented higher scores on the subscales for lucid dream diagnosis. CONCLUSION: The transcultural adaptation and interpretation of the lucidity and consciousness in dreams scale (LuCID) was carried out, which allowed us to detect almost a third of lucid dreamers. This scale should be validated in a select population of lucid dreamers for use.