Table 5. Correlation between RLS score and demographic/clinical parameters with PSQI scores.
| PSQI scores | Age | RLS score | UAS | VAS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r* | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | |
| SSQ | 0.279 | 0.027 | 0.377 | 0.002 | 0.156 | 0.229 | 0.209 | 0.101 |
| SL | 0.135 | 0.209 | 0.373 | 0.003 | 0.312 | 0.065 | 0.375 | 0.002 |
| SD | 0.113 | 0.376 | 0.099 | 0.440 | 0.265 | 0.032 | 0.248 | 0.050 |
| HSE | 0.257 | 0.042 | 0.243 | 0.055 | 0.362 | 0.039 | 0.215 | 0.019 |
| SDis | 0.078 | 0.520 | 0.215 | 0.090 | 0.113 | 0.426 | 0.265 | 0.036 |
| USM | 0.072 | 0.577 | 0.162 | 0.206 | -0.145 | 0.661 | 0.207 | 0.073 |
| DD | -0.274 | 0.03 | 0.073 | 0.572 | 0.117 | 0.290 | 0.234 | 0.065 |
| Total PSQI | 0.158 | 0.215 | 0.323 | 0.010 | 0.378 | 0.039 | 0.398 | 0.001 |
RLS, restless legs syndrome; PSQI, Pittsburgh sleep quality index; UAS, urticaria activity score; VAS, visual analog scale for severity of itch; SSQ, subjective sleep quality; SL, sleep latency; SD, sleep duration; HSE, habitual sleep efficiency; SDis, sleep disturbances; USM, use of sleep medications; DD, daytime dysfunction; Total PSQI score, total Pittsburgh sleep quality index score.
*Spearman’s correlation coefficient.