SynthesisBMC neurology2020
The prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-ekbom disease (RLS/WED) in the third trimester of pregnancy: a systematic review.
Synthesis in BMC neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05261035 (Effect of Stretching Exercises Versus Thermotherapy on Restless Legs Syndrome Symptoms, Pain, and Quality of Sleep Among Pregnant Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effect of Stretching Exercises Versus Thermotherapy on Restless Legs Syndrome Symptoms, Pain, and Quality of Sleep Among Pregnant Women
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence and factors associated with restless legs syndrome among pregnant women in middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence of insomnia in the third trimester of pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of compression stockings on the complaints well-being and sleep quality of pregnant women with restless legs syndrome: a randomized controlled study.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2024Trial
- Restless legs syndrome in pregnancy: Frequency, sleep quality, and questionnaire-defined risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Insomnia and women: exploring vulnerability, impact, and intervention.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2026Review
- Restless legs syndrome among third-trimester pregnant women attending ANC Clinic in public hospitals in North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2026Article
- Sleep conditions and sleep hygiene behaviors in early pregnancy are associated with gestational diabetes mellitus: A propensity-score matched study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Restless legs syndrome: abbreviated guidelines by the German sleep society and the German neurological society.Neurological research and practice · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the relationship between restless legs syndrome, mental status, and sleep disorders among Moroccan women during their third trimester of pregnancy.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Common sleep disorders in pregnancy: a review.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- Consensus guidelines on the construct validity of rodent models of restless legs syndrome.Disease models & mechanisms · 2022Article
- Restless Legs Syndrome During Pregnancy and 12 Weeks Postpartum and its Links to Cardiovascular Diseases, Stressful Life Events, and Psychiatric History.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Possible etiologies of restless legs syndrome in pregnancy: a narrative review.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundRLS is known as one of the most common movement disorders during pregnancy, which is most aggravated in the third trimester of pregnancy and can affect up to one-third of pregnant women. This study intends to determine the total prevalence of RLS in the third trimester of pregnancy through a systematic review.
methodsThe present study was conducted via meta-analysis method up to 2019. The papers related to the subject of interest were obtained through searching in SID, MagIran, IranDoc, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science (ISI), PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases. Heterogeneity of the studies was examined via I
resultsIn investigating 10 papers capturing 2431 subjects within the age range of 25-39 years, the total prevalence of RLS in the third trimester of pregnancy based on meta-analysis was obtained as 22.9% (95% CI: 14.7-33.8%). Further, as the sample size increased, the RLS prevalence diminished, while with increase in years, this prevalence increased, where this difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05).
conclusionPrevalence of RLS in the third trimester of pregnancy is high, healthcare policymakers should organize educational classes to improve the life dimensions among this group of pregnant women.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.