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The second goal was to evaluate correlates of their quality of life (QoL). Methods: Diagnostic criteria of the International RLS Study Group (IRLSSG) and elements of CGA were used in this study. Results: Among the examined 246 participants, 77 (31.3%) suffered from RLS, more often in the UK (39.4%) than in Poland (25.4%) (p = 0.019). In the multivariate logistic regression model, female sex [OR (CI) = 3.29 (1.51\u20137.21); p = 0.0014], the number of medications per day [OR (CI) = 1.11 (1.02\u20131.20); p = 0.011] and alcohol consumption [OR (CI) = 5.41 (2.67\u201310.95); p &lt; 0.001] increased the probability of RLS. Residing in Poland [OR (CI) = 3.06 (1.36\u20136.88); p = 0.005], the presence of RLS [OR (CI) = 2.90 (1.36\u20136.17); p = 0.004], chronic heart failure, [OR (CI) = 3.60 (1.75\u20137.41); p &lt; 0.001], osteoarthritis [OR (CI) = 2.85 (1.47\u20135.49); p = 0.0016], and urinary incontinence [OR (CI) = 4.74 (1.87\u201311.9); p &lt; 0.001] were associated with a higher probability of mobility dimension problems in the QoL. Higher physical activity was related to a lower probability of mobility problems [OR (CI) = 0.85 (0.78\u20130.92); p &lt; 0.001]. Conclusions: female sex, the number of medications and alcohol consumption are independent correlates of RLS in older adults. RLS together with several chronic medical conditions and a low physical activity level were independent correlates of the mobility dimension of the QoL.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13051364","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,28]],"date-time":"2024-02-28T03:37:57Z","timestamp":1709091477000},"page":"1364","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Correlates of Restless Legs Syndrome in Older People"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Magdalena","family":"Szklarek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geriatrics, Medical University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0437-650X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tomasz","family":"Kostka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geriatrics, Medical University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6256-1669","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joanna","family":"Kostka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gerontology, Medical University of Lodz, 93-113 Lodz, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"693","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chest.2022.05.014","article-title":"Treating Severe Refractory and Augmented Restless Legs Syndrome","volume":"162","author":"Winkelman","year":"2022","journal-title":"Chest"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"119","DOI":"10.5664\/jcsm.1756","article-title":"Incidence of restless legs syndrome and its correlates","volume":"8","author":"Budhiraja","year":"2012","journal-title":"J. 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