Aims and objectives:To evaluate the quality of life of patients hospitalized in a clinical ward and correlate it with the clinical-epidemiological aspects of these patients.Background: Traditionally, the evaluation of involvement in patient medical care was grounded in mortality and morbidity rates. Therefore, medical judgement followed clinical, laboratorial and statistic parameters. However, the clear need for a monitoring and evaluation method centered on the patient gave birth to new methods and tools with the aim of measuring individual quality of life subjectively.Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted between March and May 2017, in the medical clinic of a hospital in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Two questionnaires were applied in 80 inpatients, one sociodemographic-clinical and SF36. Absolute and relative frequency, central tendency and dispersion were calculated and Student's t tests, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis and Pearson's correlation coefficients were used to analyze the data (α = 0.05). Results:The main reasons for hospitalization were Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure (HF) and Pneumonia. The physical component of SF36 was more affected than mental. The elderly, retirees and low-income patients presented lower scores on functional capacity. The women reported more pain complaints as limiting quality of life. The general state of health was reduced in those who had children and those who were smokers. The physical and social aspects presented a decline in those who had comorbidities, being the worst indexes in COPD patients. Conclusions:The population pattern of high prevalence of chronic degenerative diseases was confirmed. Elderly, retired or unemployed patients and people with low monthly income have worse quality of life indexes in terms of functional capacity. COPD, a debilitating disease, has affected mental and social health indexes. Concomitantly, smoking, the main risk factor for this comorbidity and many others, was associated with a poorer general health status.
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