Restless Leg Syndrome and Sleep Quality in Pregnant Women
- VernacularTitle:不宁腿综合征孕妇的睡眠质量
- Author:
Jiyang PAN
;
Huajun LIANG
;
Jihui ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cross-sectional study;
pregnant women;
restless legs syndrome;
sleep quality
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective : To investigate the incidence of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) in pregnant women and the effect of the RLS on the sleep quality of the women during pregnancy. Methods: 113 pregnant women were evaluated by using International RLS Scale, PSQI (Pittsburg Sleep Quality Inventory). Results: The prevalence of RLS in pregnant women in the outpatient department was 12.4% (14/113), the percentage of RLS pregnant women with PSQI total score higher than 7 was 28.6%, and that was 10.1% in the pregnant women without RLS (x2 =3.86,P
