Is There an Association between Restless Legs Syndrome and Urticaria?

TUNA S., ALAN S., SAMANCI KARAMAN N., AKMAN KARAKAŞ A.

JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, cilt.31, sa.5, ss.790-794, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.5.790
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.790-794
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Restless Legs Syndrome, Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria, Sleep Quality, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA, SLEEP QUALITY, PREVALENCE, DISORDERS, DIAGNOSIS, SEVERITY, PRURITUS, HEALTH, SCALE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a disease characterized by the urge to move the legs and sleep disturbances. Similarly, chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a dermatological disease characterized by pruritus and sleep disorders. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of RLS in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and to compare the quality of sleep of patients with and without RLS in the CSU group using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. A total of 130 patients with CSU and 100 healthy controls were included in this study. The frequency of RLS, frequency of sleep disturbances, and average score of RLS in patients with CSU were statistically significantly higher than control groups (respectively P = 0.008, P = 0.009, P = 0.004). Subjective sleep quality, sleep latency and habitual sleep efficiency scores in patients with RLS were statistically significantly higher than patients without RLS (respectively P = 0.016, P = 0.007, P = 0.035). We claimed that pruritus of urticaria may decrease the quality of sleep in patients with RLS and it may trigger and worsen the restless legs syndrome. Furthermore, RLS and CSU may share a common etiology.