The objective of this protocol is to conduct a focus group to identify OSA beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge among employees in the transportation industry on shift schedules.
Transportation shift workers (TSW, e.g., overnight, on-call, or rotating) have been identified as a high-risk group for health conditions (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease). Also, TSW are at risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). According to one study, approximately 36% of TSWs have OSA, a condition that exacerbates health risks and daytime sleepiness. A recent report from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) showed that those with untreated OSA cost on average $4,261 more than those without OSA. Also concerning, workers with OSA who are non-adherent to recommended OSA treatment (i.e., continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP) are at particularly high risk for motor vehicle accidents compared to those who are adherent. This protocol outlines focus groups that will aim to identify knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about OSA among TSW. Results of these focus groups will be used in future research to design a tailored website for relaying OSA information to TSW.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
38
Participants will receive personalized OSA messages designed to nudge and navigate them toward evaluation and treatment for OSA. Participants will complete questionnaires at baseline and at study follow-up.
Participants will complete questionnaires at baseline and at study follow-up. At the end of the study period, participants will receive the OSA message intervention.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Change in OSA self-management efficacy as measured by the Survey of OSA Functional Health Literacy (SOFHL)
OSA self-management efficacy will be examined using the SOFHL
Time frame: The SOFHL will be administered at baseline and post-intervention. Change in SOFHL score on self-management efficacy will be computed by comparing responses at baseline and post-intervention.
Change in OSA general knowledge as measured by the SOFHL.
OSA general knowledge will be assessed with the validated SOFHL.
Time frame: The SOFHL will be administered at baseline and post-intervention. Change in SOFHL score on OSA general knowledge will be computed by comparing responses at baseline and post-intervention.
Change in Daytime sleepiness as measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).
Daytime sleepiness will be assessed with the validated ESS.
Time frame: Sleepiness will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention. Change in daytime sleepiness will be computed by comparing responses at baseline and post-intervention..
Change in Attentional Failures as measured by previously validated questions assessing Attentional Failures.
Attentional failures (e.g., near miss accidents) will be measured via self-report.
Time frame: Attentional failures will be measured at baseline and post-intervention.Change in attentional failures will be computed by comparing responses at baseline and follow-up.
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