Review of diagnostic instruments for the restless legs syndrome/willis-ekbom disease (RLS/WED): Critique and recommendations

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1343-1349

  Walters, Arthur S ^a   Frauscher, Birgit ^b   Allen, Richard ^c   Benes, Heike ^d,e   Chaudhuri, K Ray ^f   Garcia Borreguero, Diego ^g   Lee, Hochang B ^h   Picchietti, Daniel L ⁱ   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^j   Martinez Martin, Pablo ^k   Stebbins, Glenn T ^l   Schrag, Anette ^m   Cubo, Esther ⁿ   Goetz, Christopher G ⁿ   Hall, Deborah ⁿ   Luo, Sheng ⁿ   Marsh, Laura ⁿ   Post, Bart ⁿ   Sampaio, Cristina ⁿ   Weintraub, Daniel ⁿ  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Somni Bene Institute for Medical Research and Sleep Medicine   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g SLEEP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^k INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^l RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Diagnostic instruments; Restless legs syndrome; Willis Ekbom Disease

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIDGE HOPKINS DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE FOR RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; HENING TELEPHONE DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME DIAGNOSTIC INDEX; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE QUESTION FOR RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WILLIS EKBOM DISEASE; CHILD; INTERVIEW; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

CHILD; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84918789494     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4298     Document Type: Review

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