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. 2024 Dec 16;77(6):e20240244.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0244. eCollection 2024.

Sleep quality of patients with heart failure and associated factors

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Juliana Pessoa de Souza  1 , Danielly Farias Santos de Lima  1 , Oriana Deyze Correia Paiva Leadebal  1 , Maria Eliane Moreira Freire  1 , Simone Helena Dos Santos Oliveira  1 , Vinicius Batista Santos  2 , Mailson Marques de Sousa  1
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Sleep quality of patients with heart failure and associated factors

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Juliana Pessoa de Souza et al. Rev Bras Enferm. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Rev Bras Enferm. 2025 Feb 3;78(1):e2025n1e01. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167.20257801e01. Rev Bras Enferm. 2025. PMID: 39907420 Free PMC article.

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objectives: to assess sleep quality of patients with heart failure and associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed with 88 patients. Sleep quality was assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: the mean sleep quality score was 8.59 ± 3.60 points. 83% of participants were classified as poor sleepers. The number of hours of sleep was 5.99 ± 1.48. Family income of up to one minimum wage and functional class were significantly associated with poor sleepers. There was a positive correlation between functional class and poor sleep quality.

Conclusions: a high frequency of poor sleepers was identified. Worse scores were associated with family income and symptomatic functional class. Health interventions are necessary to control sleep quality, especially in relation to health functionality.

Objetivos:: evaluar la calidad del sueño de pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca y las características sociodemográficas y clínicas asociadas.

Métodos:: estudio transversal, desarrollado con 88 pacientes. La calidad del sueño se evaluó mediante el Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Los datos fueron analizados mediante estadística descriptiva e inferencial.

Resultados:: el puntaje promedio de calidad del sueño fue de 8,59 ± 3,60 puntos. El 83% de los participantes fueron clasificados como durmientes malos. El número de horas de sueño fue de 5,99 ± 1,48. El ingreso familiar de hasta un salario mínimo y la clase funcional se asociaron significativamente con las personas que duermen mal. Hubo una correlación positiva entre la clase funcional y la mala calidad del sueño.

Conclusiones:: se identificó una alta frecuencia de personas que duermen mal. Las peores puntuaciones se asociaron con el ingreso familiar y la clase funcional sintomática. Las intervenciones sanitarias son necesarias para controlar la calidad del sueño, especialmente en relación con la funcionalidad de la salud.

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