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Is daytime sleepiness a neglected problem in patients with restless legs syndrome?

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
Movement Disorders (impact factor: 4.51). 01/2007; 22 Suppl 18:S409-13. DOI:10.1002/mds.21511 pp.S409-13
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT The restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common neurological disorder of sleep/wake motor regulation that is associated with sleep disturbances. Here, we review the evidence that RLS is also associated with increased daytime sleepiness. Summarizing 26 studies that assessed sleepiness by means of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) in untreated subjects with idiopathic RLS, we found that 20 to 25% of subjects are at an increased risk for daytime sleepiness.

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Keywords

26 studies
 
assessed sleepiness
 
common neurological disorder
 
daytime sleepiness
 
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
 
increased risk
 
untreated subjects