title: Sleeping difficulties reported by patients with heart failure.
abstract: The study aimed to describe the reports of heart failure patients on the factors that cause difficulties to sleep and the association of these factors with the quality of sleep. This cross-sectional study involved a non-probabilistic sample of 400 patients (mean age 57.8 years, 64.8% were men, average education of 6.1 years, 82.5% in functional class II or III) with heart failure. The main factors associated with sleeping difficulty were: nocturia, interrupted sleep at night and breathing difficulty. Sleeping difficulties in heart failure patients are diverse and there is an association between these difficulties and quality of sleep. Most of these disorders warrant professional nursing interventions.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. marifamema@usp.br
authors.forename: Mariana Alvina
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Erika de Souza
authors.initials: Ede S
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.forename: Ricardo Luís
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro
authors.initials: Dde A
authors.lastname: da Cruz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult