RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06874790

RCT for Latina Mental Health Using Web-Based Apps

Randomized Controlled Trial of a Choice-driven, Interactive, Storytelling Web-based App to Investigate Mental Health Treatment Initiation Among Symptomatic Latinas

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Enrollment

700 participants

Start Date

Jul 9, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Depression Anxiety Mental Health Well-Being, Psychological

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria8

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 Criteria2

Not Latina or Hispanic
Under age 18

Interventions

BEHAVIORALCatalina

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.

BEHAVIORALControl 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).