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Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2025

Restless legs syndrome without insomnia and antenatal depressive symptoms.

Kazuhide Tezuka, Yuka Ito, Daisuke Nishi

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Time-varying restless legs syndrome and risk of incident perinatal depression.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Kazuhide TezukaDepartment of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan.
Yuka ItoDepartment of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan.
Daisuke NishiDepartment of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan. d-nishi@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19H01073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRestless legs syndrome (RLS) with insomnia is presumed to be associated with antenatal depression. RLS without insomnia, however, has not been investigated in association with antenatal depression. We aimed to examine whether RLS without insomnia during pregnancy is associated with antenatal depressive symptoms.

methodsThis cross-sectional study used data from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) assessing antenatal depressive symptoms among Japanese pregnant women. The participants were 2,108 women who attended the RCT at 16-20 weeks of pregnancy. RLS, insomnia, and antenatal depressive symptoms were assessed using the Cambridge-Hopkins questionnaire short form, Insomnia Severity Index, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, respectively. Associations of antenatal depressive symptoms with RLS and insomnia were examined using logistic regression analysis, adjusting for age, partner, education, children, and planned pregnancy.

resultsOf the total participants, 206 (9.8%) had antenatal depressive symptoms; 80 (3.8%) had RLS. The mean age (standard deviation) was 30.4 (4.6) years. RLS was positively associated with antenatal depressive symptoms: the odds ratio was 2.30 (95% confidence interval, 1.28-4.16). RLS without insomnia was positively associated with antenatal depressive symptoms, as well as insomnia without RLS and RLS with insomnia: the odds ratio was 2.44 (95% confidence interval, 1.09-5.46) for RLS without insomnia, 3.83 (2.78-5.28) for insomnia without RLS, and 5.80 (2.42-13.92) for RLS with insomnia, compared to neither RLS nor insomnia.

conclusionsWe observed the positive association between RLS without insomnia and antenatal depressive symptoms, suggesting the importance of assessing and treating RLS without insomnia during pregnancy for the reduction of antenatal depressive symptoms.

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DepressionPregnancy ComplicationsRestless Legs SyndromeSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansJapanPregnancySurveys and QuestionnairesAntenatal depressive symptomsEdinburgh postnatal depression scaleInsomniaRestless legs syndrome

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PMID39844093
PMCPMC11756027

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