Restless leg syndrome with #fibromyalgia High prevalence of restless legs syndrome among women with multi-site pain: A population-based study in Dalarna, Sweden. Stehlik R, et al. Eur J Pain. 2014 Apr 3. BACKGROUND: The chronic pain (CP) and chronic multi-site pain (CMP) condition is a highly prevalent health problem. Several studies have reported a high (31-64%) prevalence of co-morbid restless legs syndrome (RLS) in patients with fibromyalgia, one specifically defined form of chronic widespread pain. The current study explored the association between CMP and RLS. METHOD: The study included 4040 respondents to a postal questionnaire sent to 10,000 women in the age range of 18-64 years and randomly selected from the general population. Complete questionnaire data on type (acute/chronic), degree (mild to severe) and spreading (0-5 body zones) of pain, as well as RLS symptoms (validated questionnaire), were obtained from 3060 subjects. Information on lifestyle, anthropometrics, co-morbidities and medication was collected. RESULTS: RLS prevalence increased from 9.6% in subjects with no report of pain to 23,9%, 26.4%, 39.2%, 44.9% and 54.8% in those reporting one, two, three, four and five pain areas, respectively (p
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