Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome Improves Agitation and Sleep in Persons with Dementia: A Randomized Trial
Our findings suggest a novel approach for nighttime agitation in persons with dementia: assessing for RLS and initiating interventions. Larger and longer trials are needed.
Authors
- Donald L. Bliwise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5079-035X)
- Liam Fry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2453-4800)
- Alicia Lozano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-1312)
- Kathy C. Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-9024)
- Katherine Britt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5119-1260)
- Nalaka S. Gooneratne
- Alexandra L. Hanlon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9612-2197)
- Janet Morrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-4883)
- Wenyan Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0751-3098)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105485
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Restless Legs Syndrome Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences