Restless Legs Syndrome - RLS and Quality of Life

It will not kill you. But it is my life.47.9 out of 100 points on the quality-of-life scale, one working day lost every week, and six out of a hundred patients who actually receive a diagnosis after speaking to their doctor: what restless legs syndrome takes from a life has been measured for twenty years - it is simply rarely gathered in one place.This volume gives those figures, compares them with other conditions and breaks them down by area: the night, the day, work, mind and concentration, mood, partnership, heart and circulation. Where the studies contradict one another, that is stated explicitly.It is therefore also a book to show to other people. Anyone who has to explain why an illness nobody dies of rebuilds a life anyway will find the evidence here - along with four measures for tracking their own course.WHAT IS IN THE BOOK- What quality of life means in medicine and what it does not- The questionnaires, and from what point a change is perceptible at all- The comparison: where RLS sits among other conditions- What it depends on: severity, duration, age, sex and income- The diagnostic gap and what it costs- The lost working day: work and capability- Mood and mind as the strongest single factor- What treatment achieves and what it does not manageWHO THIS BOOK IS FORFor patients who want to document their burden, to family, employer or an authority, for relatives who want to grasp the scale of it, and for everyone in health care who decides about funding.ABOUT THE SERIESVolume 42 of 52 in the book series on restless legs syndrome, part 'Everyday Life and Self-Help'. Every volume can be read on its own. The statements in this volume rest on 161 professional sources, each one listed individually in the reference section.