Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of…

By R. Allen, D. Picchietti, W. Hening, C. Trenkwalder, A. Walters, J. Montplaisi. Sleep Medicine, 2003

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BACKGROUND Restless legs syndrome is a common yet frequently undiagnosed sensorimotor disorder. In 1995, the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group developed standardized criteria for the diagnosis of restless legs syndrome. Since that time, additional scientific scrutiny and clinical experience have led to a better understanding of the condition. Modification of the criteria is now necessary to better reflect that increased body of knowledge, as well as to clarify slight confusion with the wording of the original criteria. SETTING The restless legs syndrome diagnostic criteria and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health. PARTICIPANTS Members of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group and authorities on epidemiology and the design of questionnaires and scales. OBJECTIVE To modify the current criteria for the diagnosis of restless legs syndrome, to develop new criteria for the diagnosis of restless legs syndrome in the cognitively impaired elderly and in children, to create standardized criteria for the identification of augmentation, and to establish consistent questions for use in epidemiology studies. RESULTS The essential diagnostic criteria for restless legs syndrome were developed and approved by workshop participants and the executive committee of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group. Criteria were also developed and approved for the additional aforementioned groups.

Subfields: Epidemiology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neurology

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• Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease diagnostic criteria: updated International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) consensus criteria--history, rationale, description, and significance. (2014, positive): “During the workshop, the 1995 IRLSSG criteria were updated and rephrased to incorporate new scientific knowledge about RLS/WED and to provide better reliability and validity for RLS/WED diagnosis by researchers and clinicians alike [4].”
• Derivation of research diagnostic criteria for insomnia: report of an American Academy of Sleep Medicine Work Group. (2004, methodology): “Recognizing this problem, work groups have convened to develop RDC-like definitions for selected sleep disorder diagnoses such as sleep apnea((14)) and restless legs syndrome.((15)) There is little doubt that such efforts will benefit the field greatly by standardizing clinical practice and research”
• The diagnostic criteria for small fibre neuropathy: from symptoms to neuropathology (2008, methodology): “In all patients, we assessed the diagnosis of restless leg syndrome using the questionnaire revised by the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (Allen et al., 2003).”