Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Nervous system diseases
Psychiatry/psychology
- Disease:
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
- Objective:
To measure Pediatric Restless Legs Syndrome (P-RLS) symptom severity and impact on functionning
- Population for intended use:
Adolescent
Pediatrics
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Signs and symptoms
- Administration mode:
Self-administered
- Number of items:
24 (Evening items) + 17 (Morning items)
- Recall/Observation period:
Evening items: "today"
Morning items: ‘‘when you were in bed last night”
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for the USA
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Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
Arbuckle R, Abetz L, Durmer JS, Ivanenko A, Owens JA, Croenlein J, Bolton K, Moore A, Allen RP, Walters AS, Picchietti DL. Development of the Pediatric Restless Legs Syndrome Severity Scale (P-RLS-SS): a patient-reported outcome measure of pediatric RLS symptoms and impact. Sleep Med. 2010 Oct;11(9):897-906 (PubMed abstract)
Last update: April 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: October 2010

Developed in 2010
A parent questionnaire P-RLS-SS-PQ was also developed to complement information from the child/adolescent scale