TY  - JOUR
AU  - Szentkiralyi, Andras
AU  - Fendrich, Konstanze
AU  - Hoffmann, Wolfgang
AU  - Happe, Svenja
AU  - Berger, Klaus
TI  - Incidence of restless legs syndrome in two population-based cohort studies in Germany.
JO  - Sleep medicine
VL  - 12
IS  - 9
SN  - 1389-9457
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier
M1  - DZNE-2020-02686
SP  - 815-820
PY  - 2011
AB  - Prospective data about the new-onset of restless legs syndrome (RLS) are lacking. Our aim was to assess the incidence rate of RLS in the general population.MethodsRLS, defined by the minimal diagnostic criteria, was assessed twice in two independently conducted prospective population-based cohort studies in Germany. The Dortmund Health Study (DHS) had a mean follow-up of 2.2 years, and included 1312 participants, and the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) followed 4308 participants for, on average, 5.2 years. RLS was assessed during face-to-face interviews in both studies at baseline and at follow-up in SHIP, and with mailed questionnaires at follow-up in DHS.ResultsThe age-standardized incidence rate of RLS was 22/1000 person-years (p-y) (cumulative incidence over the follow-up: 9.1
KW  - Adult
KW  - Age Distribution
KW  - Aged
KW  - Cohort Studies
KW  - Comorbidity
KW  - Female
KW  - Follow-Up Studies
KW  - Germany: epidemiology
KW  - Humans
KW  - Incidence
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Prevalence
KW  - Prospective Studies
KW  - Restless Legs Syndrome: epidemiology
KW  - Sex Distribution
KW  - Surveys and Questionnaires
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:22063473
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2011.06.016
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/136364
ER  -