Talih Farid, Ajaltouni Jean, Kobeissy Firas
Department of Psychiatry.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016 Oct 11;12:2581-2586. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S116271. eCollection 2016.
To characterize and describe the prevalence of restless leg syndrome (RLS) in hospitalized psychiatric patients and to investigate the correlations between patient profile and RLS.
Demographic information, psychiatric diagnoses, psychotropic medication use, and history of substance use were collected from hospitalized psychiatric patients at the American University of Beirut Medical Center; Beirut, Lebanon. A validated questionnaire to evaluate RLS symptomatology was also administered to 126 participants who agreed to participate, as well as questionnaires for insomnia, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Statistical analysis was conducted to detect the prevalence of RLS among the participants and to examine correlations with RLS in a hospitalized psychiatric population.
Out of the 126 participants who completed the survey, RLS was detected in 18% of the participants. Of interest, RLS was also found to be associated with higher depressive symptomatology, suicidal ideation, and working night shifts.
描述住院精神科患者不宁腿综合征（RLS）的特征及患病率，并调查患者资料与RLS之间的相关性。
收集黎巴嫩贝鲁特美国大学医疗中心住院精神科患者的人口统计学信息、精神科诊断、精神药物使用情况及物质使用史。还对126名同意参与的参与者进行了一份评估RLS症状的有效问卷，以及关于失眠、抑郁和焦虑症状的问卷。进行统计分析以检测参与者中RLS的患病率，并检查在住院精神科人群中与RLS的相关性。
在完成调查的126名参与者中，18%的参与者被检测出患有RLS。有趣的是，RLS还被发现与较高的抑郁症状、自杀意念及上夜班有关。
