Sleep Quality and Presence of Sleep Disordered Breathing

University of Florida

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV Infections; Sleep

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00692965

J-51-2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of our study is to survey the quality of sleep and sleep disordered breathing in a HIV infected inner city ambulatory African-American Population aged 50 years and older.

Hypothesis: African-American HIV infected individuals aged 50 years and older have a high prevalence of sleep disorders and lower quality of sleep.

Full description

The purpose of our study is to survey the quality of sleep and sleep disordered breathing in a HIV infected inner city ambulatory African-American Population aged 50 years and older. A secondary objective is to investigate possible relationships between sleep quality and aspects of a patient's medical history including BMI, CD4 count, HIV viral load, history of substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, concurrent medical conditions, current HIV medications and HIV medication compliance.

Hypothesis: African-American HIV infected individuals aged 50 years and older have a high prevalence of sleep disorders and lower quality of sleep.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• African American
• Aged 50 years and older
• HIV infected
• Receiving HIV care at the Boulevard Comprehensive Care Clinic, Duval County Health Department

Exclusion criteria

• Patients refusing to fill out the questionnaires
• Patients less than 50 years old
• Non-African Americans
• Persons not receiving care at the Boulevard Comprehensive Care Clinic