Restless legs syndrome is contributing to fatigue and low quality of life levels in hemodialysis patients

Table 2 Depression, fatigue, daytime sleepiness and sleep quality data presented as pool data and divided in two groups according to restless legs syndrome diagnosis

Variables	Patients pool data	RLS	Non-RLS	P value
Pittsburgh sleep quality index	7.8 ± 5.1	13.9 ± 2.9	5.5 ± 3.6	0
95%CI	6.6 to 7.9	12.6 to 15.2	4.6 to 6.5
Epworth sleepiness scale	4.3 ± 3.6	6.8 ± 4.3	3.4 ± 2.8	0
95%CI	3.5 to 5.1	4.9 to 8.7	2.6 to 4.1
Zung depression scale	60.8 ± 7.1	58.0 ± 4.0	48.3 ± 6.1	0
95%CI	49.2 to 52.4	56.1 to 59.8	46.7 to 49.9
Fatigue severity scale index	4.5 ± 1.2	5.8 ± 0.7	4.1 ± 1.1	0
95%CI	4.3 to 4.8	5.4 to 6.1	3.8 to 4.3

All data are mean ± SD (95%CI). RLS: Restless legs syndrome.