Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with restless legs syndrome in Korea: Comparison with other chronic medical diseases

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1158-1163

  Cho, Yong Won ^a   Kim, Do Hyung ^a   Allen, Richard P ^b   Earley, Christopher J ^b  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Depression; Impact; Quality of life; Restless legs syndrome; Severity; SF 36; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867456153     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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