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Table 1 Depression, anxiety, and stress in WED severity in natives and mestizos in rural coastal Ecuador

From: Psychological distress in patients with restless legs syndrome (Willis-Ekbom disease): a population-based door-to-door survey in rural Ecuador

  

Patients, No. (%)

  

Characteristic of functional distress

WED (n = 40)

Severe WED (n = 15)

Mild or moderate WED (n = 25)

P value

Depression

12 (30.0)

5 (33.3)

7 (28.0)

.72

Anxiety

12 (30.0)

5 (33.3)

7 (28.0)

.72

Stress

9 (22.5)

3 (20.0)

6 (24.0)

.77

≥2 Axes of functional distress

11 (27.5)

4 (26.7)

7 (28.0)

.93

  1. Abbreviation: WED Willis-Ekbom disease.