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RCT for Latina Mental Health Using Web-Based Apps

Description

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.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study 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.

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

RCT for Latina Mental Health Using Web-Based Apps

Condition
Mental Health
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility 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
  • * Not Latina or Hispanic
  • * Under age 18

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, Los Angeles,

MarySue V. Heilemann, PhD,RN,FAAN, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UCLA School of Nursing

Study Record Dates

2028-08-31