Rating of daytime and nighttime symptoms in RLS: validation of the RLS-6 scale of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease
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- 作者：Ralf Kohnena ; b ; 1 ; Pablo Martinez-Martinc ; Heike Benesd ; e ; Claudia Trenkwalderf ; g ; Birgit Hö ; glh ; Elmar Dunkli ; Arthur S. Waltersj ; arthur.walters@vanderbilt.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Restless legs syndrome ; Willis&ndash ; Ekbom disease ; RLS-6 ; Severity rating scales
- 刊名：Sleep Medicine
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：20
- 期：Complete
- 页码：116-122
- 全文大小：241 K
文摘
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The International Restless Legs Scale (IRLS) is the main scale for rating the severity of restless legs syndrome/Willis–Ekbom disease (RLS/WED).
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The Restless Legs Syndrome-6 Scale (RLS-6) is an additional scale for rating the severity of RLS that provides further information on RLS severity not captured by the IRLS.
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In the current validation study, the RLS-6 seems to be an acceptable, reliable, precise, valid, and responsive instrument for the assessment of RLS severity in a specific and pragmatic manner.
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At present, we view the RLS-6 not as a replacement for the IRLS but as a supplement, as each scale provides information not captured by the other.