Digital Technology for Sleep and Homelessness

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorder, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disturbance

In brief

In Canada, 35,000 people are experiencing homelessness on any night. Compared to the general population, people experiencing homelessness (PEH) sleep less and experience increased daytime fatigue. A common sleep disorder and treatable cause of morbidity and low quality of life is sleep apnea. High prevalence of chronic comorbid disorders of sleep apnea in PEH suggest high prevalence of sleep apnea, but the rate of sleep apnea treatment in PEH is very low. Also, in PEH, individual and systemic barriers lead to a high rate of underdiagnosed and untreated sleep apnea. Mortality is higher in PEH than the general population, and sleep apnea remains a potential silent cause of morbidity and low quality of life in PEH. Our goal is to diagnose and treat sleep apnea in people living in shelters and to examine the effect of patient-centered treatment on their quality of life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06620601

Run by

University Health Network, Toronto

People needed

100

Starts

2021-10-20

Expected to finish

2025-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-10-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Residing in a shelter at the time of recruitment
• Age >18 years old

You may not qualify if…

• Allergies to medical tape [for diagnosis study].
• Requiring extensive dental treatment or periodontal disease with tooth mobility [for treatment study].

Where it is running

• Dixon Hall — Toronto, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)
• Fred Victor — Toronto, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)

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