Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and associated factors in the Korean adult population: The Korean Health and Genome Study

• Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 350 - 353
• Main Authors: KIM, JINYOUNG, CHOI, CHANGHO, SHIN, KYUNGRIM, YI, HYERYEON, PARK, MINGYU, CHO, NAMHAN, KIMM, KUCHAN, SHIN, CHOL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Science Pty 01.06.2005; Blackwell Publishing
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; epidemiology; Fatigue - epidemiology; Fatigue - etiology; Genome, Human; Humans; Korea; Korea - epidemiology; Logistic Models; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Neurology; Odds Ratio; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; prevalence; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; restless legs syndrome; Restless Legs Syndrome - complications; Restless Legs Syndrome - epidemiology; Sex Factors; Tropical medicine; Asia; Korea; Human; Social environment; Sensitivity disorder; Nervous system diseases; Senescence; Prevalence; Mental health; Sex; Fatigue; Restless legs syndrome; Symptomatology; epidemiology; Sociodemographic factor; Cross sectional study; Adult; Neurological disorder; Elderly; Age; Comparative study; Public health; Life style; Korea
• ISSN: 1323-1316; 1440-1819
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01381.x

The present study was purposed to identify the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and its associated factors in the Korean adult population. Among a total of 9939 participants derived from the Korean Health and Genome Study, 12.1% of subjects (men, 8.5%; women, 15.4%) suffered from RLS. Factors independently related with RLS were older age and frequent fatigue in both men and women.