Physician-diagnosed restless legs syndrome in a large sample of primary medical care patients in western Europe: Prevalence and characteristics

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-37

  Allen, Richard P ^a   Stillman, Paul ^b   Myers, Andrew J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sussex ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Premark Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Insomnia; Medical significance; Prevalence; Quality of life; Restless legs syndrome; RLS; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; WELLBEING; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 73149119211     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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