ACH Medical Journal

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Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of restless legs
syndrome (RLS) in patients with and without helicobacter pylori (HP) detected
in pathology.
Material and Method: This study was carried out prospectively between
January-June 2019 with patients who had dyspeptic complaints and underwent
upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsy. The frequency of RLS was
compared between the two groups by applying a questionnaire to patients with
and without HP.
Results: The study was carried out with 96 patients, 72 HP positive and 24 HP
negative. Fifty-two of the patients were women (54%) and 44 were men (46%).
The mean age of patients was 44. When the positivity of patients in terms of HP
was examined, 1+ HP in 24 patients (25%), 2+ HP in 24 patients (25%) and 3
+ HP in 24 patients (25%) were detected. Thirteen patients were diagnosed as
RLS with the questionnaires (14%). The average age of these patients was 41.
Nine patients were women (69%) and 4 patients were men (31%). Only two of
these patients smoked (15%). When patients were classified according to
whether they had HP or not, the rate of RLS was 8.3% in patients who were HP
negative, while this rate was 12.5% in patients with 1+ HP, 12.5% in patients
with 2+ HP and 21% in patients with 3+ HP.
Conclusion: In thisstudy, it wasshown that the rate of RLS was 14% in patients
with dyspeptic complaints who had endoscopy and the rate of RLS increased
with HP severity.