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

✍ Scribed by Stephany Fulda; Thomas C. Wetter

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 231 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21511

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✦ Synopsis

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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