Restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis patients – patient experience at lipik special hospital for medical rehabilitation.
RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS
– PATIENT EXPERIENCE AT LIPIK SPECIAL HOSPITAL
FOR MEDICAL REHABILITATION.
Acta Clin Croat. 2017 03;56(1):80-3
Authors: Rovazdi MČ, Vidović V, Kraml O, Kes VB
Abstract
The study included 60 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) hospitalized at
our institution from September 1 to December 31, 2014. The aim of the study was to assess the
prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in MS patients and RLS relationship with patient age,
sex, degree of disability, form of MS, time elapsed from MS diagnosis and use of antidepressants. The
diagnosis of RLS was made according to the criteria set by the International Restless Legs Syndrome
Study Group. Of the 60 patients, 24 (40%) met the criteria for the existence of RLS. In the group of
patients with RLS, there was a significantly higher proportion of women and those that were taking
antidepressants. There were no statistically significant between-group differences according to age,
duration of illness, degree of disability and clinical course of MS. In the study, 37.5% of patients that
met the criteria for RLS diagnosis had not informed the neurologists about their difficulties. The
high prevalence of RLS and the fact that a large proportion of patients did not inform the neurologists
about their difficulties related to RLS point to the need of an active approach to diagnosis and
treatment.
PMID: 29120143 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Clinica Croatica - Category: General Medicine Tags: Acta Clin Croat Source Type: research
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