Abstract

Abstract

Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 3-10%. in European studies. However, the diagnosis of RLS in primary care remains low and mistreatment is common.

Methods: The current article reports on the considerations of RLS diagnosis and management that were made during a European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (EURLSSG)-sponsored task force consisting of experts and primary care practioners. The task force sought to develop a better understanding of barriers to diagnosis in primary care practice and overcome these barriers with diagnostic and treatment algorithms.

Results: The barriers to diagnosis identified by the task force include the presentation of symptoms, the language used to describe them, the actual term "restless legs syndrome" and difficulties in the differential diagnosis of RLS.

Conclusion: The EURLSSG task force reached a consensus and agreed on the diagnostic and treatment algorithms published here.

Details

Title
Algorithms for the diagnosis and treatment of restless legs syndrome in primary care
Author
Garcia-Borreguero, Diego; Stillman, Paul; Benes, Heike; Buschmann, Heiner; Chaudhuri, K Ray; Gonzalez Rodríguez, Victor M; Högl, Birgit; Kohnen, Ralf; Monti, Giorgio Carlo; Stiasny-Kolster, Karin; Trenkwalder, Claudia; Williams, Anne-Marie; Zucconi, Marco
Pages
28
Publication year
2011
Publication date
2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
14712377
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-11-28
ProQuest document ID
902136948
Copyright
© 2011 Garcia-Borreguero et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.