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

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Treatments: Behavioral: Obstructive sleep apnea screening intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00808574

HSC-MS-08-0346

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 168 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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168 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Behavioral: Obstructive sleep apnea screening intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No risk assessment or presentation