title: Restless legs syndrome and pregnancy: follow-up of pregnant women before and after delivery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the frequency of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a French population of randomly selected women during their third trimester of pregnancy and its evolution up to 3 months after delivery and to identify potential factors associated with the improvement of RLS after delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional questionnaire survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  186 pregnant women living in a French town were included. 32% of women were affected by RLS during the third trimester of their pregnancy. Multiple pregnancies and iron intake during pregnancy were significantly associated with RLS during the third trimester. RLS disappeared after delivery among 64.8% of the women, and by less than 2 weeks after delivery in half of them. This improvement after delivery was not associated with the number of previous pregnancies, the RLS severity and iron intake during pregnancy, peridural anaesthesia, caesarean section, delivery complications, newborn weight, breastfeeding, dopaminergic agent intake after delivery, and with the absence of RLS before pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RLS affects one third of pregnant women during their third trimester and usually improves after delivery. Although there is no allowed treatment, most of the time only counselling and iron status assessment should be provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHU La Milétrie, Poitiers, France. jph.neau@chu-poitiers.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Neau
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marion
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathis
authors.forename: Adrien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Julian
authors.forename: Gaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Godeneche
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Larrieu
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meurice
authors.forename: Joël
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paquereau
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ingrand
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult