Abstract
Developed as a tool for assessing the severity Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), the 10-item questionnaire asks respondents to use Likert-type ratings to indicate how acutely the disorder has affected them over the course of the past week. Questions can be divided into one of two categories: disorder symptoms (nature, intensity, and frequency) and their impact (sleep issues, disturbances in daily functioning, and resultant changes in mood).
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Shahid, A., Wilkinson, K., Marcu, S., Shapiro, C.M. (2011). International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group Rating Scale. In: Shahid, A., Wilkinson, K., Marcu, S., Shapiro, C. (eds) STOP, THAT and One Hundred Other Sleep Scales. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9893-4_44
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