Addressing Health Disparities in African Americans - Exploring Sleep and Developing Interventions

Completed

• Conditions: Sleep
• Interventions: Other: Focus Group

• Registration Number: NCT05102175
• Lead Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of the HD-SLEEP1 study is to help researchers understand what African Americans know and think about sleep. The investigators also want to know how to encourage people to participate in research studies designed to improve sleep.

Detailed Description

African Americans (AAs) sleep worse than whites on average, thus contributing to race disparities in major health outcomes. However, contributors to poorer sleep and effective interventions to improve sleep among AAs is lacking due to under-representation of AAs in sleep research. The investigators propose to address this knowledge gap through engagement with the Baton Rouge African American community. The investigators will use focus groups to determine sleep-related perceptions as well as barriers to sleep research recruitment and retention.

In this study, up to 60 African Americans who self-report poor sleep will be invited to participate in focus group discussions to understand 1) sleep related perceptions; 2) factors influencing participation; and 3) willingness to undertake study procedures typical of sleep research studies such as increasing sleep duration, diagnosing and treating OSA; along with other routine research procedures including blood draws, caloric restriction, and body composition exams.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-20
• Study Start: 2021-11-01
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-01
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Primary Completion: 2022-08-24
• Study Completion: 2022-08-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-24
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

• Self-identified African American
• Age range: >18 years (inclusive)
• Sex: Both males and females will be allowed to participate in the study
• Self-perceived poor sleep
• Willing to be audio and video recorded

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to provide written informed consent
• Unable to understand English

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
African American adults with poor sleep	Focus Group	Individuals with self-identified poor sleep quality and/or quantity

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge related to components of good sleep	1 day	Identify adequate sleep duration, good sleep quality, and absence of sleep disorders as important.
Perceived advantages related to participating in sleep-related	1 day	May improve health and quality of life
Importance of Sleep	1 day	Identify if sleep is considered important for health
Identify what challenges prevents participation in sleep-related research	1 day	Willingness to undertake sleep related study procedures and time commitment
Identify facilitators to participation in sleep research	1 day	At-home assessments, study location, number of study visits

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Recruiting core Pennington; 🇺🇸 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States