Clinically significant but unsuspected restless legs syndrome in patients with sleep apnea.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-2005
Abstract
In this prospective study, the prevalence of clinically significant restless legs syndrome (RLS) with symptoms at least 2 to 3 days per week was 8.3% in 60 sequentially polysomnographically studied patients with clinically significant sleep apnea (Apnea Index score > 5 or Respiratory Disturbance Index score > 10). Age-matched spouses were used as a control group and showed a comparable prevalence of RLS at 2.5% (not significant). Although RLS appears to be only slightly more common in sleep apnea patients than in controls, the importance of this study lies in the fact that clinically significant RLS occurred in 1 of every 12 patients with sleep apnea and, in every case, the RLS was unsuspected before polysomnography. We recommend that all patients undergoing polysomnography to rule out sleep apnea be screened for the symptoms of RLS. We have found the MEMO-NIH consensus conference questionnaire administered at the time of polysomnography to be useful in this regard.
Volume
20
Issue
4
First Page
501
Last Page
503
ISSN
0885-3185
Published In/Presented At
Lakshminarayanan, S., Paramasivan, K. D., Walters, A. S., Wagner, M. L., Patel, S., & Passi, V. (2005). Clinically significant but unsuspected restless legs syndrome in patients with sleep apnea. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 20(4), 501–503. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.20366
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15597337
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article