Responses to the restless leg syndrome questionnaire comparing IBD patients and controls and a comparison of severity scores between the 2 cohorts.
| Questionnaire items | IBDN=218 | No IBDN=211 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±SD | |||
| Overall, how would you rate The RLS discomfort in your legs or arms? | 0.34±0.55 | 0.34±0.78 | 0.98 |
| How would you rate the need to move around because of your RLS symptoms? | 0.31±0.74 | 0.36±0.84 | 0.53 |
| How severe was your sleep disturbance due to your RLS symptoms? | 0.22±0.73 | 0.21±0.68 | 0.92 |
| How severe was your tiredness or sleepiness during the day due to your RLS symptoms? | 0.21±0.69 | 0.16±0.56 | 0.41 |
| Overall, how severe was the impact of your RLS symptoms on your ability to carry out your daily affairs, for example carrying out a satisfactory family, home, social, school or work obligation? | 0.27±0.96 | 0.16±0.52 | 0.14 |
| How severe was your mood disturbance due to your RLS symptoms, for example feeling angry, depressed, sad, anxious or irritable? | 0.28±0.79 | 0.26±0.74 | 0.75 |
| Overall, how much relief of your RLS arm or leg discomfort did you get from moving around? | 0.31±0.76 | 0.28±0.71 | 0.70 |
| How often do you get RLS symptoms? | 0.43±1.01 | 0.42±0.86 | 0.88 |
| When you had RLS symptoms, how severe were they on average? | 0.32±0.74 | 0.27±0.64 | 0.41 |
| Total RLS severity score (RLSSS) | 2.69±6.04 | 2.45±5.39 | 0.67 |
| Severity category according to RLSSS | n (%) | P-value | |
| Mild RLS (Total RLSSS=1-10) | 6 | 6 | 0.94 |
| Moderate RLS (Total RLSSS=11-20) | 6 | 7 | 0.80 |
| Severe RLS (Total RLSSS=21-30) | 4 | 3 | 0.82 |
| Very severe RLS (Total RLSSS=31-40) | 0 | 1 | ----- |
| Pearson chi2 (3)=1.1906 | 0.76 | ||
| Total number of RLS cases | 16 | 17 | 33 |