Open AccessPrevalence and clinical features of restless legs syndrome among Japanese pregnant women without gestational complications
Author(s) -
Ai Hatanaka,
Hiromi Eto,
Chiho Kato,
Yukari Yamaguchi,
Haruka Sakamoto,
Hideaki Kondo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sleep and biological rhythms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1479-8425
pISSN - 1446-9235
DOI - 10.1007/s41105-016-0086-2
Subject(s) - restless legs syndrome , neurology , medicine , human physiology , reproductive medicine , gestation , obstetrics , gestational age , pregnancy , pediatrics , physical therapy , psychiatry , biology , genetics
To determine the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) among Japanese pregnant women without complications and to clarify the correlation between RLS and clinical outcomes, RLS screening was conducted using the Johns Hopkins Telephone Diagnostic Interview for 140 pregnant women in their third trimester. The frequency of positive RLS screening test was 15.7%. No significant differences were found in the hemoglobin, ferritin, and folate levels and in the delivery outcomes between the RLS and control groups. In the future, it will be necessary to clarify whether a similarly high prevalence of RLS exists in Japanese pregnant women with complications
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