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Restless Legs Quality of Life Scale or Hopkins RLS Quality of Life Scale (RLS-QoL or Hopkins RLS QoL)

 
Distributed by MAPI Research Trust
Developed in 2001
 

Author(s)

Allen Richard P

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Nervous system diseases

Psychiatry/psychology

  • Disease:

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)

  • Objective:

To assess the impact of the Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) on quality of life

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Signs and symptoms

  • Administration mode:

Interviewer-administered

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

18

  • Recall/Observation period:

The past 4 weeks

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the USA

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

RLS-QoL or Hopkins RLS QoL

Afrikaans* French for Belgium* Greek* Portuguese for Portugal*
Czech* French for Canada* Hungarian* Slovak*
Danish for Denmark* French for France* Italian for Italy* Spanish for Spain*
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* French for Switzerland* Italian for Switzerland* Spanish for the USA*
Dutch for the Netherlands* German for Austria* Japanese for Japan* Swedish for Finland*
English for the UK* German for Germany* Korean* Swedish for Sweden*
Finnish for Finland* German for Switzerland* Norwegian for Norway*

* Performed by the MAPI Institute

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Abetz L, Arbuckle R, Allen RP, Mavraki E, Kirsch J. The reliability, validity and responsiveness of the Restless Legs Syndrome Quality of Life questionnaire (RLSQoL) in a trial population. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2005 Dec 5;3:79 (Full text article)


Abetz L, Vallow SM, Kirsch J, Allen RP, Washburn T, Earley CJ. Validation of the Restless Legs Syndrome Quality of Life questionnaire. Value Health. 2005 Mar-Apr;8(2):157-67


Hening WA, Allen RP, Thanner S, Washburn T, Heckler D, Walters AS, Earley CJ. The Johns Hopkins telephone diagnostic interview for the restless legs syndrome: preliminary investigation for validation in a multi-center patient and control population. Sleep Med. 2003 Mar;4(2):137-41


Allen RP, Earley CJ. Validation of the Johns Hopkins restless legs severity scale. Sleep Med. 2001 May;2(3):239-24

Last update: April 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: April 2008