RCT for Latina Mental Health Using Web-Based Apps
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Catalina, Control webpage.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Mental Health, Anxiety, Depression, Well-Being, Psychological. Basic parameters: from 18 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Choice-driven, Interactive, Storytelling Web-based App to Investigate Mental Health Treatment Initiation Among Symptomatic Latinas
Overview
This study compares a choice-driven, interactive, evidence-informed storytelling web-based app intervention with links to resources and treatment (Tx) recommendations (made by a character via her blog) and Tx locator, to a web-based app with links to publicly available informational internet videos, MH resources, and a treatment locator for at least moderately anxious/depressed untreated English and Spanish speaking Latinas to determine if a story-based, character-driven approach is more effective for catalyzing mental health treatment initiation.
Interventions
- Behavioral Catalina
Catalina transmedia web-based app intervention with 10 story-based videos (including bonus story extender videos) totaling 31 minutes plus the blog of the character, "Veronica," which has MH resource links including Veronica's recommendations of at least 3 local Latinx-serving clinics in LA and Orange County ZIP Codes that offer low-cost MH Tx. - Behavioral Control webpage
Links to informational videos (totaling 31 minutes) on depression and anxiety, listing of the same 3 local Latinx-serving clinics in LA and Orange County ZIP codes that offer low-cost MH Tx, and links to nationally available websites that offer resources (including access to service locators).
Primary outcome measures
- Number of Participants Initiating Mental Health Treatment (MH Tx) [Time frame: 9 months]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Psychological openness [Time frame: 9 months]
- Mental health help seeking attitude [Time frame: 9 months]
- Propensity to seek help [Time frame: 9 months]
- Indifference to Stigma [Time frame: 9 months]
- Stigma Concerns [Time frame: 9 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Latina (women who are from or have family ties to Latin America)
- Currently resides in LA or Orange County
- Age 18 and older
- Able to speak, read, and write in English or Spanish
- Score 10 or higher on GAD-7 and/or PHQ-8
- Access to the internet via smartphone, tablet, or computer
- Not currently receiving mental health therapy or pharmacotherapy
- Has not accessed mental health services during the previous 6 months
Exclusion criteria
- Not Latina or Hispanic
- Under age 18
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- UCLA — Los Angeles
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06874790 · 24-5962 · R01MH137232