Addressing Health Disparities in African Americans - Exploring Sleep and Developing Interventions (HD-SLEEP1)

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sleep
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Focus Group

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 Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 36

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Louisiana
    • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808
      • Recruiting core Pennington

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

African Americans residing in Greater Baton Rouge area will be invited to participate in the study.

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
African American adults with poor sleep; Individuals with self-identified poor sleep quality and/or quantity	Other: Focus Group; Eligible participants will be invited to a semi-structured focus group discussion. Each group will include 8 -12 participants.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Collaborators: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 24, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): August 24, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 20, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 20, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): November 1, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 29, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 24, 2022
• Last Verified: August 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Sleep; African American; Research Participation
• Other Study ID Numbers: PBRC 2020-020-1; U54GM104940 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No