Restless Legs Syndrome and Poor Sleep Quality in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Published in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology 2018-06, Vol.10 (2), p.131-138
• Main Authors: Baran, Rıza Taner, Atar, Müge, Pirgon, Özgür, Filiz, Serkan, Filiz, Meral
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent obesity; Adults; Age; Analysis; Body mass index; Childhood obesity; Children & youth; Cholesterol; Diabetes; Fasting; Girls; Hospitals; Insulin resistance; Iron; Laboratories; Metabolism; Obesity; Original; Pediatrics; Physiological aspects; Population; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Quality; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep; Sleep deprivation; Studies; Teenagers; Tıp
• ISSN: 1308-5727; 1308-5735
• DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.5165

Adult epidemiological studies suggest that the rate of Restless Legs syndrome (RLS) in the general population may range from 5% to 15%. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of RLS in a community sample of obese adolescents aged 10-16 years and to assess the association with sleep quality and health-related glucose metabolism markers. The study group comprised 144 obese and overweight children aged 10-16 yearsand the control group consisted of 66 age-matched healthy children. The RLS Questionnaire devised by the International RLS Study and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), where a score >5 indicates poor sleep quality, was used to assess sleep quality. Mean body mass index (BMI) of the overweight/obese and control groups were 30.5±0.5 and 18.7±0.2, respectively. The frequency of RLS was higher in the obese group (21.7%) than the overweight (3.4%) and control (1.5%) (p