Addressing Health Disparities in African Americans - Exploring Sleep and Developing Interventions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 36
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Knowledge related to components of good sleep
Study Overview
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 Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Cross Sectional
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Knowledge related to components of good sleep
Time Frame: 1 day
Identify adequate sleep duration, good sleep quality, and absence of sleep disorders as important.
Perceived advantages related to participating in sleep-related
Time Frame: 1 day
May improve health and quality of life
Importance of Sleep
Time Frame: 1 day
Identify if sleep is considered important for health
Identify what challenges prevents participation in sleep-related research
Time Frame: 1 day
Willingness to undertake sleep related study procedures and time commitment
Identify facilitators to participation in sleep research
Time Frame: 1 day
At-home assessments, study location, number of study visits
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Prachi Singh
Associate Professor, Sleep and Cardiometabolic Health
Pennington Biomedical Research Center