ArticleInternational journal of nephrology2018
Restless Legs Syndrome in Dialysis Patients: Does the Dialysis Modality Influence Its Occurrence and Severity?
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- Global prevalence of restless legs syndrome among hemodialysis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Brain and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Investigating the Effect of Temperature Therapy on the Severity of Restless Legs Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical medicine & research · 2023Pooled it
- Restless legs syndrome in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: a propensity score-matched comparison.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Association of Coprescribing of Gabapentinoid and Other Psychoactive Medications With Altered Mental Status and Falls in Adults Receiving Dialysis.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2025Observational
- Association between Chronic kidney disease and restless leg syndrome (RLS): a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2024Article
- Restless legs syndrome in chronic renal failure patients on dialysis.African health sciences · 2023Article
- A metabolic biomarker panel of restless legs syndrome in peritoneal dialysis patients.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2022Article
- The complexity of sleep disorders in dialysis patients.Clinical kidney journal · 2021Article
- Relation of Serum Hepcidin Levels and Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Impact of different stages of chronic kidney disease on the severity of Willis-Ekbom disease.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundRestless legs syndrome (RLS) is more prevalent in chronic kidney patients than in the general population, but it is often diagnosed late and its predictors are unknown. PURPOSE: To diagnose RLS in a group of chronic kidney patients on dialysis, determine its frequency and severity, compare the prevalence and severity of the condition among dialytic modalities, and identify possible predictive factors in this population.
methodsAn observational and cross-sectional study with 326 patients who had been on dialysis for more than 3 months, 241 on hemodialysis (HD) and 85 on automatic peritoneal dialysis (APD), using the criteria established by the International Study Group on RLS for the diagnosis and the RLS Rating Scale to determine its severity.
resultsRLS was diagnosed in 19.3% of the patients, 52.4% with severe or very severe forms. Patients with and without RLS did not differ in clinical and demographic characteristics and dialytic modality; however, patients on APD presented higher RLS severity compared to the HD group.
conclusionsRLS is frequent in dialysis patients and occurs predominantly in its most severe forms; the dialytic modality seems to have no influence on its occurrence; however, it is more severe in patients on APD.
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