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  • Hospital environments can disrupt natural sleep patterns.
  • Understanding subjective sleep patterns is vital for improving patient care.

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  • To evaluate the subjective sleep patterns of hospitalized patients.
  • To identify factors influencing sleep quality in a hospital setting.

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  • Cross-sectional study with 230 adult patients in a Brazilian university hospital.
  • Data collected via structured questionnaire and Visual Analog Sleep Scales (VASS).
  • Statistical analysis included univariate and bivariate methods using SPSS v.23.0.

Main Results:

  • Disorder, Effectiveness, and Supplementation scales scored 208.7, 353.8, and 62.9, respectively.
  • Regular physical activity (p=0.024) and higher BMI (p=0.033) negatively influenced sleep.
  • Statistically significant differences were found between VASS scores and sleep-influencing factors.

Conclusions:

  • Hospitalization is associated with a degree of sleep disturbance.
  • A need for daytime sleep supplementation was observed.
  • Certain clinical characteristics negatively affect hospital sleep quality.