Restless legs syndrome: what have we learned from prevalence studies and how will incidence studies further clinical knowledge?

DL Picchietti, MA Picchietti - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2012 - jcsm.aasm.org
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease, is now generally
appreciated in the medical literature as common and complex. Over 50 prevalence studies …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives of epidemiologic research in restless legs syndrome (RLS)

DL Picchietti, SK Van Den Eeden, Y Inoue, K Berger - Sleep medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
In the 20 years since the initial consensus on a common definition for restless legs
syndrome (RLS), over 600 scientific reports on epidemiological aspects of RLS have been …

Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome: the current status

D Garcia-Borreguero, R Egatz, J Winkelmann… - Sleep medicine …, 2006 - Elsevier
Epidemiological studies in restless legs syndrome (RLS) have often been limited by
misdiagnosis and by the fact that affected individuals, even when their symptoms are severe …

Restless legs syndrome: a comprehensive overview on its epidemiology, risk factors, and treatment

P Yeh, AS Walters, JW Tsuang - Sleep and Breathing, 2012 - Springer
Purposes Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is underdiagnosed and poorly understood by
clinicians and the general public alike; accordingly, a broad literature review with …

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 …

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 …