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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Restless legs syndrome in a population of Northern Tanzania: A community-based study
Movement Disorders, Volume 25, No. 5, Year 2010
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Description
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a highly prevalent movement disorder. However, prevalences seem to vary amongst different ethnicities. To date, no community-based prevalence studies on RLS have been reported from the African continent. We have conducted a community-based, door-to-door study in northern Tanzania. Over a period of 16 months, 7,654 people aged 14 years and older were screened for the RLS Essential Diagnostic Criteria. Sampling was performed according to the method of "multistage cluster sampling." People who screened positive where reinterviewed and physically examined by a specialist neurologist. During the screening phase, 10 people answered "yes" to at least one of the screening questions. After reinterviewing those people, the result was confirmed in five people only. After careful re-evaluation of the results, only one person was diagnosed with RLS. Because of methodological limitations a definite prevalence may only be calculated from larger population-based studies of different African ethnicities with screening questions adapted to the cultural context. © 2010 Movement Disorder Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Winkler, Andrea Sylvia
Germany, Munich
Ludwig-maximilians-universität München
Tanzania, Mbulu
Haydom Lutheran Hospital
Trendafilova, Anna
Germany, Ulm
Universität Ulm
Meindl, Michael
Austria, Innsbruck
Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
Kaaya, John
Tanzania
District General Hospital
Schmutzhard, Erich
Austria, Innsbruck
Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
Kassubek, Jan
Germany, Ulm
Universität Ulm
Statistics
Citations: 21
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/mds.22806
ISSN:
08853185
e-ISSN:
15318257
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Ethnographic Study
Study Locations
Tanzania