Table 1

The international restless legs scale for severity developed and validated by the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group20

RLS, restless legs syndrome.
Overall, how would you rate the RLS discomfort in your legs or arms?
Overall, how would you rate the need to move around because of your RLS symptoms?
Overall, how much relief of your RLS arm or leg discomfort do you get from moving around?
Overall, how severe is your sleep disturbance from your RLS symptoms?
How severe is your tiredness or sleepiness from your RLS symptoms?
Overall, how severe is your RLS as a whole?
How often do you get RLS symptoms?
When you have RLS symptoms how severe are they on an average day?
Overall, how severe is the impact of your RLS symptoms on your ability to carry out your daily affairs, for example carrying out a satisfactory family, home, social, school, or work life?
How severe is your mood disturbance from your RLS symptoms—for example, angry, depressed, sad, anxious, or irritable?