title: Subjective sleep quality and suggested immobilization test in restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder.
abstract: The severity of restless leg syndrome (RLS) and/or periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) was investigated by using a suggested immobilization test (SIT) and by measuring the influence of these disorders on the subjective sleep quality as assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Patients with RLS and those with both RLS and PLMD showed remarkably high values for PSQI and SIT, whereas patients with PLMD only showed normal values for PSQI. These findings suggest that there is only a small pathological significance for periodic limb movements, and demonstrate the efficacy of SIT and PSQI for evaluating the severity of these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nanba
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Yasuro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Heii
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020189:Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D020447:Parasomnias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017286:Polysomnography; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012894:Sleep Stages