Association between restless legs syndrome and primary headache in patient referred to neurology clinic of 22Bahman Hospital,Mashhad,2012-2013

Subject Areas : علوم پزشکی

Mohsen Mahdi Nejad Kashani ¹ ()
Fatemeh Rahimi ² ()

Received: 2017-06-06 Accepted : 2017-06-06 Published : 2012-11-21

Keywords: Primary headache- Restless legs syndrome- Sleep disorder,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: A large series of clinical and experimental observations on the interactions between migraine and the extrapyramidal system are available. The aim of this study was to evaluate assosiation between restless leg syndrome (RLS) and primary headache in patient referred to neurology clinic. Methods: patients referred to clinic of neurology of 22Bahman hospital were evaluated for primary headaches according to HIS cirteria. Then patients with other neurologic disorders which caysed to RLS were excluded. Patient with primary headache only were interviewed for RLS according to international criteria and if affected, its frequency in week and sleep disorders were evaluated. Then a family member of patient without headache was reviewedfor RLS. Data was reviewed for RLS. Data was statistically analyzed using SPSS software. Results: There were 100 patients with primary headaches and 100 without headache as control group evaluated. 67% of case group and 64% of control were women. Mean age of case and control groups were 35.4±12.1 and 35±12.3 years respectively. There were 68% migrain, 29% tension and 3% were cluster headaches. There was a significant relaton between primary headaches and RLS (32% in case group and 12% in control group were affected). In patients with headache pluse RLS, sleep disorder was seen in 75% . 34.6% of men with headache had RLS (p=0/008) and 29.9% of women with headache had RLS (P=0.022). Frequency of RLS in patients with headache increased as age increased (p<0.05). Conclusion: As RLS is significantly higher in headache patients more studies are needed in order to find same pathogenic ways.  

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