Review of Quality of Life Instruments for the Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease (RLS/WED): Critique and Recommendations
Author(s) -
Arthur S. Walters,
Birgit Frauscher,
Richard P. Allen,
Heike Beneš,
К. Ray Chaudhuri,
Diego GarcíaBorreguero,
Hochang B. Lee,
Daniel L. Picchietti,
Claudia Trenkwalder,
Pablo MartínezMartin,
Glenn T. Stebbins,
Anette Schrag
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.4300
Subject(s) - restless legs syndrome , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , gerontology , physical therapy , psychiatry , neurology , pathology , nursing
Over the last decade therapeutic, pathogenetic, epidemiological and genetic research in restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease (RLS/WED) has required the development of specific quality of life scales and sleep scales. A Movement Disorder Society Task Force formally evaluated the quality of these scales.
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