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The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship of muscle cramps with quality of life (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">QOL<\/jats:styled-content>) and sleep disturbance. In addition, this multi\u2010institutional collaborative study in Japan investigated factors associated with muscle cramps in patients with cirrhosis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1788 patients with chronic liver diseases including both non\u2010cirrhosis and cirrhosis completed a questionnaire survey investigating: (i) frequency of muscle cramps, (ii) relationship of muscle cramps to poor <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">QOL<\/jats:styled-content> and sleep disturbance, (iii) characteristics of patients who require therapeutic intervention and (iv) characteristics of patients prone to experiencing muscle cramps.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study revealed that 51.8% of patients with cirrhosis have experienced muscle cramps. People who experienced muscle cramps were more likely to have reduced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">QOL<\/jats:styled-content> and sleep disturbance if muscle cramps had (i) high frequency (occurring daily to a few times per week, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.01); (ii) long duration (between a few minutes and a few hours, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.01) and (iii) intense severity (visual analogue scale \u22654, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.01). Age, female sex, positive results for hepatitis C virus, low serum albumin concentration, and cirrhosis were independent factors related to the severity of muscle cramps.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Muscle cramps occurred with great frequency and were associated with various factors such as age, sex, hepatitis C virus and liver function. 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