TY  - JOUR
TI  - A Prevalent Sleep Disorder in Older Adults: Restless Legs  Syndrome (Is There Any Association with Other Geriatric  Syndromes?)
AB  - Objective: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common sleep disorder which affects quality of life in older individuals. We aimed to find out the  geriatric syndromes and other factors significantly associated with RLS in an older study population. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study conducted with the participants ≥60 years old who admitted to the geriatric  outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital. The essential clinical features of RLS had to be present for diagnosis of RLS. We assessed geriatric syndromes  like sleep disturbance, falls, polypharmacy (≥5 medications/day), constipation, chronic pain, cognitive impairment, depression, dysphagia, urinary  and fecal incontinence, malnutrition, sarcopenia, frailty, dependency in basic and instrumental activities of daily living and reduced quality of life. Results: There was a female predominance (67.7%) in the overall study group (n=492). Median age was 73 (69-78). RLS was seen in 28.5% and  it was significantly higher in female participants (p=0.03). Sleep disturbance, depressive mood, fear of falling, reduced quality of life, frailty and  polypharmacy were significantly more prevalent in the RLS group (p<0.001, 0.001, 0.04, 0.004, 0.01 and 0.02, respectively). Multivariate analysis  revealed that the only factor independently associated with RLS was age [odds ratio (95% confidence interval) =0.9 (0.87-0.96); p<0.001]. Conclusion: Although depression, fear of falling, frailty, polypharmacy, sleep disturbance and reduced quality of life were more prevalent in the RLS  group, none of them were independently associated with RLS. Advanced age in the older population might be protective for RLS.
AU  - Erdogan, Tugba
AU  - KARAN, MEHMET
AU  - Bahat, Gulistan
AU  - Özkök, Serdar
AU  - Özer Aydın, Çağlar
AU  - Erbaş Saçar, Duygu
AU  - Catikkas, Nezahat Muge
AU  - Kılıç, Cihan
DO  - 10.4274/ejgg.galenos.2022.2022-4-7
PY  - 2022
JO  - European journal of geriatrics and gerontology (Online)
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
SN  - 2687-2625
SP  - 182
EP  - 189
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1134058
ER  -