Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly
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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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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 |
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Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly |
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Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly |
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Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly Dantas,Fábio Galvão restless legs syndrome prevalence elderly |
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Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly |
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Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly |
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Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly |
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Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly |
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Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly |
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Dantas,Fábio Galvão |
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Dantas,Fábio Galvão Medeiros,Jovany Luis Alves Farias,Kelly Soares Ribeiro,Clarissa Dantas |
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Medeiros,Jovany Luis Alves Farias,Kelly Soares Ribeiro,Clarissa Dantas |
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Dantas,Fábio Galvão Medeiros,Jovany Luis Alves Farias,Kelly Soares Ribeiro,Clarissa Dantas |
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restless legs syndrome prevalence elderly |
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restless legs syndrome prevalence elderly |
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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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