conclusions the frequency of rls among our patients was remarkable and we conclude that all patients who are undergoing hemodialysis should be screened for rls, which can assist in providing proper attention and treatment. results according to our results, 54.5% of patients were diagnosed with rls, and of those 65.2% and 42.9% were women and men, respectively. rls is seen more often among patie...

abstract background: restless leg syndrome prevalence is high among the patients undergoing hemodialysis. due to several side effects of medicational treatments, the patients prefer non-medicational methods. therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of two methods of reflexology and stretching exercises on the severity of restless leg syndrome among patients undergoing hemod...

background: hemodialysis, as the main remedy of chronic renal failure, can cause mental problems among patients receiving this treatment. these clients face depression because of being treated long-term and invasive therapeutically methods. materials and methods: this is a descriptive-analytical study in which 171 patients receiving hemodialysis. they were divided in to those ones suffering fro...

conclusions lavender oil massage was effective to improve rls in hemodialysis patients. it has no adverse effects, is practical and cost-effective. it is suggested to be used along with routine treatment of rls in hemodialysis patients. results the mean rls scores were not significantly different in the two groups at the start of study (22.41 ± 7.67 vs. 22.90 ± 4.38, p = 0.76). at the end of st...

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Restless leg syndrome is one of the most common causes of severe insomnia, and is easily diagnosed by patient history alone. Formal sleep studies are rarely, if ever, indicated. The only routine laboratory study indicated is a serum ferritin level. The majority of patients with restless leg syndrome obtain substantial relief with a variety of medications. Although the majority of restless leg s...

OBJECTIVE There are no data adressing the prevalence of restless legs syndrome in subjects who have knee prosthesis. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of subjects who underwent knee prosthesis surgery. METHOD A total of 107 subjects (30 male, 77 female) were interviewed over the telephone regarding restless legs syndrome symptoms. If the patients exhibited symptoms of the syndr...