CPAP AdherenceCPAP Adherence Pilot Study Among African Americans

Patients will receive usual care. In addition, they will participate in virtual OSA support groups led by an African American peer-motivator patient with long-standing OSA and their bed partner. Peer-motivator couples will be trained and certified as competent prior to interacting with study participants. They will share their experiences with managing OSA including coping strategies to maximize CPAP adherence.

Telemonitoring. Patients and bed partners will receive text messages encouraging CPAP adherence.

Patients with CPAP technical difficulties will be encouraged to contact the sleep technologist for assistance. Patients will also attend a 90-minute virtual webinar and question-answer session on hypertension management (1 month), cancer screening (3 months), and weight management (6 months) led by African American physicians with expertise in each topic.

Text messages of encouragement will be sent to patients and partners. No more than 2 messages will be sent per week to prevent respondent fatigue.

Patients and partners will attend OSA virtual support groups led by an African American patient with long-standing OSA and their bed partner. Peer-motivator couples will be trained and certified as competent prior to interacting with study participants. They will share their experiences with managing OSA including coping strategies to maximize CPAP adherence.

Patients with OSA and their bed partners will participate in two 1-hour video support groups at 2 weeks and 2 months ran by patients with OSA and their bed partners

Participants will receive OSA education and CPAP training from providers trained in OSA management.