Research Article
Restless Legs Syndrome among Pakistani Population: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Characteristics of symptoms of RLS positive individuals.
| | Characteristics | Female (%) | Male (%) | Total (%) |
| | Frequency of attacks* | | | | | >16 times per month | 40 (60.6%) | 06 (23.1%) | 46 (50.1%) | | 5–15 times | 09 (13.6%) | 06 (23.1%) | 15 (16.3%) | | 2–4 times | 10 (15.2%) | 05 (19.2%) | 15 (16.3%) | | Rarely or <1 time | 07 (10.6%) | 09 (34.6%) | 16 (17.3%) | | Severity of attacks | | | | | Mild | 20 (30.3%) | 10 (38.5%) | 30 (32.6%) | | Moderate | 20 (30.3%) | 09 (34.6%) | 29 (31.5%) | | Severe | 19 (28.3%) | 04 (15.4%) | 23 (25.0%) | | Very severe | 07 (10.9%) | 03 (11.5%) | 10 (10.9%) | | Consultation | | | | | Yes | 26 (39.4%) | 08 (30.8%) | 34 (37%) | | No | 40 (60.6%) | 18 (69.2%) | 58 (63%) | | Sleep quality | | | | | V. good | 08 (12.1%) | 05 (19.2%) | 13 (14.1%) | | Fairly good | 34 (51.5%) | 13 (50.0%) | 47 (51.1%) | | Fairly bad | 19 (28.8%) | 07 (26.9%) | 26 (28.3%) | | Very bad | 05 (07.6%) | 01 (03.8%) | 06 (06.5%) | | Periodic limb movement | | | | | Yes | 21 (31.8%) | 10 (38.5%) | 31 (33.7%) | | No | 45 (68.2%) | 16 (61.5%) | 61 (66.3%) | | Family history | | | | | Yes | 34 (51.5%) | 15 (57.7%) | 49 (53.3%) | | No | 32 (48.5%) | 11 (42.3%) | 43 (46.7%) |
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