Incidence of restless legs syndrome and its correlates

P Budhiraja, R Budhiraja, JL Goodwin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2012 - jcsm.aasm.org
Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common sensorimotor disorder whose
incidence is not known. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence and correlates …

Prevalence of restless legs syndrome in North American and Western European populations: a systematic review

KE Innes, TK Selfe, P Agarwal - Sleep medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a potentially debilitating sleep disorder
that affects a significant percentage of North American and European adults. Although …

Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome: a synthesis of the literature

MM Ohayon, R O'Hara, MV Vitiello - Sleep medicine reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) has gained considerable attention in the recent years: nearly
50 community-based studies have been published in the last decade around the world. The …

Comorbidity in restless legs syndrome among a sample of Swedish adults

J Ulfberg, B Bjorvatn, L Leissner, J Gyring, M Karlsborg… - Sleep medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological movement disorder, which
often causes sleep problems. However, the comorbidity of this disorder is not well known …

Prevalence and correlates of restless legs syndrome symptoms in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort

JW Winkelman, L Finn, T Young - Sleep medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of
restless legs syndrome (RLS) symptoms in the US adult population and to relate frequency …

Incidence of restless legs syndrome in two population-based cohort studies in Germany

A Szentkiralyi, K Fendrich, W Hoffmann, S Happe… - Sleep medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Prospective data about the new-onset of restless legs syndrome (RLS) are
lacking. Our aim was to assess the incidence rate of RLS in the general population …

Prevalence, severity and risk factors of restless legs syndrome in the general adult population in two Scandinavian countries

B Bjorvatn, L Leissner, J Ulfberg, J Gyring, M Karlsborg… - Sleep medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To estimate prevalence and severity (using the
International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group Rating Scale (IRLS)) and to identify risk …

Prospective survey on the natural course of restless legs syndrome over two years in a closed cohort

T Kagimura, T Nomura, M Kusumi, K Nakashima… - Sleep Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study was set out to identify the population with restless legs syndrome
(RLS) developing a chronic course and the impact of long-term morbidity of RLS on disorder …

Restless legs syndrome prevalence and impact: REST general population study

RP Allen, AS Walters, J Montplaisir… - Archives of internal …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
Background Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common sensorimotor disorder, has a wide
range of severity from merely annoying to affecting sleep and quality of life severely enough …

Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome as diagnosed in UK primary care

DAMC Van De Vijver, T Walley, H Petri - Sleep medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder
with a general-population prevalence of 5–10%. Although, data on the prevalence of …