Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Members of an Internet Weight Loss Community

NCT ID: NCT00808574

Last Updated: 2008-12-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

168 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-07-31

Study Completion Date

2008-10-31

Brief Summary

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The current study was a pilot, double blind, randomized controlled trial to (1) evaluate the feasibility of an online obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening intervention, (2) estimate effect size for planning of future studies, and (3) test the hypothesis that the intervention, compared to a control condition, would lead more individuals to discuss OSA with their healthcare provider.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Keywords

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Obstructive sleep apnea Internet Screening Health belief model

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention

Brief, theory-based, online assessment of OSA risk followed by risk-tailed OSA presentation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Obstructive sleep apnea screening intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief, theory-based, online assessment of OSA risk followed by risk-tailed OSA presentation.

Control

No risk assessment or presentation

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Obstructive sleep apnea screening intervention

Brief, theory-based, online assessment of OSA risk followed by risk-tailed OSA presentation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Member of SparkPeople.com community and logged on within previous month
* Live in the US

Exclusion Criteria

* Prior diagnosis of OSA
* Prior discussions with healthcare provider about OSA
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Principal Investigators

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Kevin O Hwang, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Texas Medical School, Houston

Locations

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University of Texas Medical School, Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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HSC-MS-08-0346

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id