In a population of end-stage-renal-disease (ESRD) patients we investigated the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS). We draw a comparison between the severity of sleep disorders, daytime sleepiness, cognitive deficits and levels of depression and anxiety between ESRD-patients with and without RLS and between treated and untreated RLS-patients. The severity of RLS between the two RLS-groups was measured by two established severity scales. ESRD-patients with RLS suffered from reduced sleep quality and more severe depression and anxiety symptoms. In comparison to untreated RLS-patients treated RLS-patients showed higher levels of daytime sleepiness and severity of RLS. Additionally, there were references for complication of the RLS-treatment, special personality traits and illness related mechanisms of compensation in the group of the RLS-positive ESRD-patients
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In a population of end-stage-renal-disease (ESRD) patients we investigated the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS). We draw a comparison between the severity of sleep disorders, daytime sleepiness, cognitive deficits and levels of depression and anxiety between ESRD-patients with and without RLS and between treated and untreated RLS-patients. The severity of RLS between the two RLS-groups was measured by two established severity scales. ESRD-patients with RLS suffered from reduced sleep q...
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