RECRUITINGINTERVENTIONAL

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

About This Trial

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.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - 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 Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Not Latina or Hispanic - Under age 18 Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original 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

Treatments Being Tested

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).

Locations (1)

UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States