No evidence for cognitive dysfunction or depression in patients with mild restless legs syndrome
- 16 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Movement Disorders
- Vol. 24 (12), 1843-1847
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.22701
Abstract
Restless legs syndrome is a common disoder that may interrupt sleep and has been reported to produce daytime fatigue and/or mood changes. This study assessed whether patients with RLS have more cognitive dysfunction and depression than individuals of the same age and education who do not have RLS. The study showed that older individuals with mild RLS for at least 1 year do not have cognitive dysfunction and are not depressed compared with a control group of similar age and education. © 2009 Movement Disorder SocietyFunding Information
- Arizona Biomedical Research Commission (NS40669, P30 AG019610, 04-800, 4001, 05-901)
- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Research
- Sun Health Research Institute
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