Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly

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Autor(a) principal: Dantas,Fábio Galvão
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Medeiros,Jovany Luis Alves, Farias,Kelly Soares, Ribeiro,Clarissa Dantas
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
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Resumo: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is characterized by disturbing leg sensations associated to sleep complaints and excessive daytime somnolence. In the elderly, it affects 10 to 35%. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of RLS in institutionalized elderly, analyzing its relationship with clinical, laboratorial and neurophysiological features. We conducted a cross-sectional study of all the subjects under treatment on a chronic-care geriatric service by using face-to-face interviews, which include sleep complaints, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and standardized questions addressing the four minimal criteria for RLS. The patients with RLS diagnosis received neurological examination, laboratorial tests and three of them, neurophysiological evaluation. The prevalence of RLS was 15.6%. Women were more affected and sleep complaints were frequent. There was no significance on other clinical, laboratorial or neurophysiological findings. We conclude that RLS is a prevalent condition in elderly, may lead to sleep complaints and is often underdiagnosed.
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spelling Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderlyrestless legs syndromeprevalenceelderlyRestless legs syndrome (RLS) is characterized by disturbing leg sensations associated to sleep complaints and excessive daytime somnolence. In the elderly, it affects 10 to 35%. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of RLS in institutionalized elderly, analyzing its relationship with clinical, laboratorial and neurophysiological features. We conducted a cross-sectional study of all the subjects under treatment on a chronic-care geriatric service by using face-to-face interviews, which include sleep complaints, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and standardized questions addressing the four minimal criteria for RLS. The patients with RLS diagnosis received neurological examination, laboratorial tests and three of them, neurophysiological evaluation. The prevalence of RLS was 15.6%. Women were more affected and sleep complaints were frequent. There was no significance on other clinical, laboratorial or neurophysiological findings. We conclude that RLS is a prevalent condition in elderly, may lead to sleep complaints and is often underdiagnosed.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO2008-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2008000300008Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.66 n.2b 2008reponame:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)instname:Academia Brasileira de Neurologiainstacron:ABNEURO10.1590/S0004-282X2008000300008info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDantas,Fábio GalvãoMedeiros,Jovany Luis AlvesFarias,Kelly SoaresRibeiro,Clarissa Dantaseng2008-09-29T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0004-282X2008000300008Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/anphttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revista.arquivos@abneuro.org1678-42270004-282Xopendoar:2008-09-29T00:00Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online) - Academia Brasileira de Neurologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
title Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
spellingShingle Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
Dantas,Fábio Galvão
restless legs syndrome
prevalence
elderly
title_short Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
title_full Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
title_fullStr Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
title_full_unstemmed Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
title_sort Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
author Dantas,Fábio Galvão
author_facet Dantas,Fábio Galvão
Medeiros,Jovany Luis Alves
Farias,Kelly Soares
Ribeiro,Clarissa Dantas
author_role author
author2 Medeiros,Jovany Luis Alves
Farias,Kelly Soares
Ribeiro,Clarissa Dantas
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dantas,Fábio Galvão
Medeiros,Jovany Luis Alves
Farias,Kelly Soares
Ribeiro,Clarissa Dantas
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv restless legs syndrome
prevalence
elderly
topic restless legs syndrome
prevalence
elderly
description Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is characterized by disturbing leg sensations associated to sleep complaints and excessive daytime somnolence. In the elderly, it affects 10 to 35%. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of RLS in institutionalized elderly, analyzing its relationship with clinical, laboratorial and neurophysiological features. We conducted a cross-sectional study of all the subjects under treatment on a chronic-care geriatric service by using face-to-face interviews, which include sleep complaints, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and standardized questions addressing the four minimal criteria for RLS. The patients with RLS diagnosis received neurological examination, laboratorial tests and three of them, neurophysiological evaluation. The prevalence of RLS was 15.6%. Women were more affected and sleep complaints were frequent. There was no significance on other clinical, laboratorial or neurophysiological findings. We conclude that RLS is a prevalent condition in elderly, may lead to sleep complaints and is often underdiagnosed.
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