Restless leg syndrome prevalence in epilepsy patients and its impact on quality of sleep.

This study aimed to determine the frequency of restless leg syndrome (RLS) and other sleep-related movement disorders and their effects on sleep quality in epilepsy patients. One hundred and twenty-seven epilepsy patients were compared with 115 age-and gender-matched healthy controls. RLS was determined from the clinical characteristics of the patients according to the International RLS Study Group's (IRLSSG) diagnostic criteria. Sleep bruxism was diagnosed based on the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Third Edition (ICSD-3) criteria. Subjective sleep quality was evaluated with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Poor sleep quality was more common in the epilepsy group than in the control group (42.5% versus 26.1%;

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