Afyonkocatepe Üniversitesi, Kadın Hastalıkları Ve Doğum AD, Afyonkarahisar

OBJECTIVE: We investigated to evaluate the incidence of Restless leg syndrome (RLS) in pregnants applied to our hospital. MATERIALS-METHODS: Four hundred pregnant women those applied to our University Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic were taken to our study. A questionnaire including demographic features and RLS symptoms was interrogated. RESULTS: The mean age of the pregnants was 27.4±5.3 (17-55). The incidence of RLS in pregnancy was found 19%. There was not any significant difference between the trimesters of pregnancy for the incidence of RLS. Snoring, apnea, daytime fatigue were significantly higher in RLS pregnants. Day time sleepiness was higher in RLS pregnants but this was not statistically significant. DISCUSSION: RLS is a pathology that is not well known by doctors and patients especially pregnants. For this reason pregnants should be evaluated for RLS symptoms. Researches are needed considering the ethiopathogenesis of RLS, a situation destroying the life quality.