Abstract:

Untouched leg syndrome (HBS) is a common sleep disorder. HBS affects the quality of life in addition to sleep disorders, causing fatigue and psychiatric symptoms. This study examined the impact of HBS on psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety and depression on the quality of life. Method and Requirements: The study examined 35 healthy individuals (8 men and 27 women) with 55 patients (7 men and 48 women) who meet the idiopathic HBS diagnosis criteria after the secondary causes for HBS were excluded in the neurology clinic. For all individuals, the Turkish validation of the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Measure (PUKÖ), the Epworth Sleepness Measure (EUÖ), the Sleepless Violence Measure (UŞÖ), the HBS Violence Measure (IRLSSG), the Beck Depression Measure (BDÖ), the Beck Anxiety Measure (BAÖ), the Fatigue Violence Measure (YÖÖ) and the Life Quality Form (SF-36) were applied. 55 patients who meet the diagnosis criteria for Idiopathic HBS group I, 35 healthy individuals who are the control group, were evaluated in Group II. In the PUKÖ, EUÖ, UŞÖ, BDÖ, BAÖ, YŞÖ, SF-36 surveys applied to all individuals, statistically significant differences were observed according to the control group in the HBS group. According to healthy individuals in HBS cases, the average score of the specific SF-36 physical component summary scale (PCS) was significantly low. There was a negative correlation between PCS and the severity of HBS, fatigue, insomnia, day-to-day sleepiness, quality of sleep, anxiety and the level of depressive symptoms. Multi-variable linear regression analysis identified the YES and BDÖ as potential variables that influence the PCS score. INTRODUCTION AND RESULTS: This study has shown that the quality of life in the idiopathic HBS and psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety and depression have been significantly deteriorated.

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