Sleep Heart Health Study Phase II

This study has been approved and funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to reexamine the original living SHHS cohort with a follow-up PSG study. The project also included continuation of morbidity and mortality review of the participant’s health events. Missouri Breaks Industries Research Inc. is the grant recipient for the Strong Heart Study group, which included the Phoenix SHS and the Oklahoma SHS as well as the Dakota SHS. MedStar Research and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center are subcontractors to MBIRI. The Dakota SHHS site maintained a 93% retention rate for Phase II of SHHS. Three RN’s, one data entry person and one recruiter were involved with this project with 3/5 staff tribal members.