Depressive Disorders in Restless Legs Syndrome: Epidemiology Pathophysiology and Management

M Hornyak - CNS drugs, 2010 - Springer
Epidemiological studies report a 2-to 4-fold risk of a depressive disorder in patients with
restless legs syndrome (RLS) compared with healthy controls. The high prevalence rates of …

Impact of sleep-related complaints on depressive symptoms in patients with restless legs syndrome

M Hornyak, M Kopasz, M Berger… - Journal of Clinical …, 2005 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a distressing sensorimotor disorder with a 5% to
10% prevalence in the United States and Western Europe. The nocturnal occurrence of …

Restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movements in sleep, and depression

D Picchietti, JW Winkelman - Sleep, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To review the literature on restless legs syndrome (RLS), periodic
limb movements in sleep, and depression. Design: Literature review. Setting, Participants …

Restless legs syndrome: understanding its consequences and the need for better treatment

CJ Earley, MH Silber - Sleep medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a very common neurologic disorder with a prevalence of
disease resulting in moderate and severe health impact of at least 2.7%. The purpose of this …

Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management of restless legs syndrome

PM Becker, M Novak - Current medical research and opinion, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This narrative review describes the differential diagnosis of restless legs
syndrome, and provides an overview of the evidence for the associations between RLS and …

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 …

A study examining depression in restless legs syndrome

R Gupta, V Lahan, D Goel - Asian journal of psychiatry, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Distress is known to occur in RLS subjects consequent to symptoms.
However, studies regarding prevalence of depression in RLS are scarce. This study was …

Antidepressant medication use and restless legs syndrome in patients presenting with insomnia

LK Brown, DL Dedrick, JW Doggett, PS Guido - Sleep Medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a movement disorder
that frequently results in significant complaints of insomnia. Based on published case …

[HTML][HTML] Individuals with restless legs syndrome tend to have severe depressive symptoms: findings from a community-based cohort study

CH Cho, L Kim, HJ Lee - Psychiatry investigation, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor neurological disturbance causing physical
and psychological distress. Here, we investigated the severity and effect of depressive …

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 …