Prevalence of restless legs syndrome during pregnancy and postpartum period
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Muhamed Lepuzanovic
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Osman Sinanovic
Abstract
Objectives
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a disease from the spectrum of movement disorders, the prevalence of which increases significantly during pregnancy and is associated with poor sleep, a drop in daytime energy, and the development of psychological disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Methods
The IRLSS scale was used to determine the presence of RLS symptoms. The total test sample that included the tested and control groups was (n=390) subjects. The examined group consisted of pregnant women (n=260), and the control group consisted of female students (n=130). In total, 260 pregnant women were monitored 6 months after pregnancy. Three measurements were performed, first in the third trimester of pregnancy, second two months after delivery, third 6 months after delivery, while one cross-sectional measurement was performed for the control group.
Results
The prevalence of RLS in pregnancy is highest in the third trimester and amounts to 26.5 %. In the postpartum period, a significant decrease in the prevalence of RLS was observed, measured two months after delivery (18.1 %). Postpartum, over time, a decrease in the prevalence of RLS was noticed, and six months after delivery it was (7.3 %), when it practically approached the prevalence of the control group (standard population) which was (6.2 %).
Conclusions
The prevalence of RLS is highest during the third trimester of pregnancy and decreases after delivery so that 6 months after delivery it approaches the prevalence of the standard population.
Acknowledgments
We would like to acknowledgement prim. Dr. Osman Blažević, the head of the Department of Gynecology and Maternity of the Cantonal Hospital Dr Irfan Ljubijankic Bihać, for his help and support in this research.
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Research ethics: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013) and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Cantonal Hospital Dr Irfan Ljubijankic Bihac.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.
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- Frontmatter
- Review
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- Opinion Paper
- Non-binary patients in ART: new challenges and considerations
- Corner of Academy
- KANET evaluation in patients with SARS-CoV-2
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- Ability of an obstetric hemorrhage risk assessment tool to predict quantitative peripartum blood loss
- Sensitive detection of hemodynamic changes after fetoscopic laser photocoagulation by assessing intraventricular pressure difference in fetuses with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
- Prevalence of restless legs syndrome during pregnancy and postpartum period
- Does atenolol use during pregnancy cause small for gestational age neonates? A meta-analysis
- Uterine isthmic tourniquet left in situ as a new approach for placenta previa-accreta surgery: a comparative study
- Maternal and newborn outcomes in pregnancies complicated by Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Original Articles – Fetus
- A customised fetal growth and birthweight standard for Qatar: a population-based cohort study
- Molecular analysis of 31 cases with fetal skeletal dysplasia
- Short Communication
- Current practice of ultrasound in the management of postpartum hemorrhage: a secondary analysis of a national survey
