RCT for Latina Mental Health Using Web-Based Apps

NCT ID: NCT06874790

Last Updated: 2025-12-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

700 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-07-09

Study Completion Date

2028-11-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Mental Health Anxiety Depression Well-Being, Psychological

Keywords

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Latina Women Therapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Individual-level randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Catalina transmedia web-based app

Access to Confronting My Emotions/ Enfrentando Mis Emociones (Catalina), an interactive web-based app containing 31 minutes of story based, character-driven videos, featuring evidence-informed Latina characters (Catalina and Veronica) in a relatable story about dealing with depression and anxiety. All features are available 24 hours/day in Spanish and English via a participant's unique link, including access to "Veronica's Blog" linked to the story, and links to resources such as infographics on depression and anxiety, hotlines and helplines, free evidence-based apps, online support groups, SAMHSA's MH service locator plus "Veronica's" recommendation of up to 3 Latinx-serving MH Tx clinics in LA \& Orange Counties where participants can see a primary care physician for referral to MH therapy or pharmacotherapy. Monthly text/email messages will be sent for 9 months to prompt/remind Latinas they can use their unique link to re-watch videos and re-visit Veronica's blog.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Catalina

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Links to informational videos

Access to the control web-based app that offers links to 31 minutes of publicly available informational videos specifically about depression and anxiety in Spanish and English (that are not story based and feature no fictionalized characters), available 24 hours/ day via participant's unique link on Chorus. It will provides direct links to 3 public websites: 1) Mental Health America, 2) Anxiety \& Depression Association of America, 3) SAMHSA. All offer even more links to various MH resources, platforms, videos, and to SAMHSA's MH service locator by ZIP Code including to low cost sites for MH Tx.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control webpage

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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).

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type 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).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Confronting My Emotions Enfrentando Mis Emociones

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, Los Angeles

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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MarySue Heilemann, PhD, RN, FAAN

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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MarySue V. Heilemann, PhD,RN,FAAN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UCLA School of Nursing

Locations

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UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Study Coordinator

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 310-210-4273

Email: [email protected]

Other Identifiers

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24-5962

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

R01MH137232

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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