Executive and Visuospatial Dysfunction in Patients With Primary Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease: Study of a Chinese Population
Executive and Visuospatial Dysfunction in Patients With Primary Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease: Study of a Chinese Population
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原发性不安腿综合征/Willis-Ekbom 病患者的执行和视觉空间功能障碍:中国人群研究
DOI:
10.5664/jcsm.7106
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发表时间:
2018-01-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Ma, Jianfang
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作者:
Li, Gen;Tang, Huidong;Ma, Jianfang
Study Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the cognitive function of patients with primary restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease (RLS/WED) in a Chinese population.Methods: A total of 40 patients with RLS/WED who were drug naive and 40 controls, matched by age, sex, and educational level, were evaluated by cognitive function assessments, including the Chinese version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE-C), clock drawing test (CDT), Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT), Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (CFT), and Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT).Results: Patients with RLS/WED showed worse performance on the SCWT (Stroop Card C time: 102.36 +/- 17.12 versus 87.08 +/- 7.73 seconds, P= .033; Interference Index: 3.39 +/- 0.38 versus 2.90 +/- 0.15, P < .0001), CFT (24.05 +/- 9.28 versus 33.74 +/- 1.59, P = .008), and CDT than controls (16-score method: 10.13 +/- 3.94 versus 13.98 +/- 1.79, P = .0002) after adjusting for Hamilton Anxiety Scale score, Hamilton Depression Scale score, Epworth Sleepiness Scale score, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index total score to eliminate the confounders of concomitant sleep disturbances, anxiety, and depression. Conclusions: Our study suggested that cognitive functions involving executive and visuospatial domains might be disturbed in Chinese patients with primary RLS/WED.