Author(s): Batool Ghorbaniyekta1, Reza Ebrahimirad2*, Saeedeh Sotudehiean3, Sana Rashidi4, Kimia Vatani
Sleep disorders like re
st
less legs syndrome (RLS) are common in hemo-
dialysis (HD) patients and associated with reduced quality of life in them. In this
st
udy,
we evaluated the frequency of RLS in HD patients for diagnosis and control the signs of
RLS to increase the quality of life in them.
Materials/Methods
: The Society who had
been
st
udied was 118 Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) patients who were under dialysis
treatment in dialysis units of the we
st
of Mazandaran. Regi
st
er of information was done
by a que
st
ionnaire that completed with interview and laboratory measurements. The
data recorded and analyzed by the Chi-Square te
st
.
Results
: In this
st
udy, 118 HD pa-
tients were evaluated. 16.1% of patients a
ff
ected by RLS. Mo
st
patients (65.61%) were
more than 60 years old. There was no correlation between sex and age with RLS. There
was no correlation between laboratory
fi
ndings including hemoglobin, Calcium, Ferri-
tin, and creatinine with su
ff
ering by RLS. There was a correlation between blood urea
nitrogen (BUN) and su
ff
ering from RLS. There was no correlation between body mass
index(BMI), family hi
st
ory, the cause of CRF, the period of CRF diagnosis, the period
of dependency to dialysis, weekly frequency of dialysis, ferritin, and Erythropoietin
(EPO) intake, drug hi
st
ory of patients and su
ff
ering by RLS.
Conclusion
: According
to this
st
udy, we found that RLS is a common problem in HD patients and there is no
correlation between a
ff
ected by RLS and laboratory
fi
ndings except BUN.