Neurology Departmant, Karayolları, Gaziosmanpasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Neurology, Gaziosmanpasa Training and Research Hospital, İSTANBUL, Turkey.
Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2024 Jul-Aug;31(4):554-559. doi: 10.1080/23279095.2022.2043326. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is one of the commonest neurologic diseases. Along with sensory and motor symptoms, cognitive impairment and psychiatric features can be seen with RLS. The present study, was planned to look for evidence of cognitive impairment by evaluating facial emotion recognition (FER) in patients with RLS.
In this study, 80 patients with RLS and 50 healthy controls (HCs) were included. Demographic data were recorded. All patients with RLS and HCs were tested with Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), Beck depression inventory (BDI) and with Ekman's test for recognition of facial emotions.
Sixty-three of the patients with RLS and 37 of the HCs were female. The mean age of the patients was 45.41 ± 8.24, and the mean age of HCs was 43.12 ± 10.35. The patients and HCs were similar regarding sex, age, educational status, and marital status. Patients with RLS had FER difficulties comparing HCs. There was a negative correlation between Ekman's test scores and BDI ( = -0.311, < 0.001) and BAI scores ( = -0.379, < 0.001).
FER is an invaluable research topic regarding cognitive function in RLS, which may help us develop different perspectives in terms of revealing the pathophysiology and is very important for the well-being of the patients' social interactions.
不宁腿综合征（RLS）是最常见的神经系统疾病之一。除了感觉和运动症状外，RLS 还可伴有认知障碍和精神特征。本研究旨在通过评估 RLS 患者的面部情绪识别（FER）来寻找认知障碍的证据。
本研究纳入了 80 例 RLS 患者和 50 名健康对照者（HCs）。记录了人口统计学数据。所有 RLS 患者和 HCs 均接受贝克焦虑量表（BAI）、贝克抑郁量表（BDI）和 Ekman 面部情绪识别测试。
63 例 RLS 患者和 37 例 HCs 为女性。患者的平均年龄为 45.41±8.24 岁，HCs 的平均年龄为 43.12±10.35 岁。患者和 HCs 在性别、年龄、教育程度和婚姻状况方面相似。与 HCs 相比，RLS 患者存在 FER 困难。Ekman 测试评分与 BDI（r=-0.311， < 0.001）和 BAI（r=-0.379， < 0.001）呈负相关。
FER 是 RLS 认知功能研究中一个非常有价值的课题，它可以帮助我们从揭示病理生理学的不同角度来思考问题，并且对于患者社交互动的幸福感非常重要。
