Evaluating the Impacts of a Well-Being Mobile App in Mexico

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Mental Health; Wellbeing

• Registration Number: NCT07109648
• Lead Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin

Brief Summary

The researchers will study the impacts of offering access to an emotional well-being phone app to women in psychological distress in Mexico. The primary outcome is participants' psychological well-being and mental health.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-04-18
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted: 2025-07-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-31
• Study First Posted: 2025-08-07
• Last Update Posted: 2025-08-07
• Primary Completion: 2025-08-15
• Study Completion: 2025-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 4000

Inclusion Criteria

• PHQ-4 scale equal or greater than 3
• Access to a smartphone and whatsapp
• Less than graduate school education
• Leaves in Mexico
• Earn less than 26,000 Mexican pesos

Exclusion Criteria

• If she doesn't meet any of the inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wellbeing	From enrollment to 3 and 8 weeks after	Measured using the World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (who-5). The raw score ranges from zero to 25, zero representing worst possible mental well-being and 25 representing best possible mental well-being.
Stress	From enrollment to 3 and 8 weeks after	Measured using Perceived Stress Scale 4 (PSS-4). The scores range from 0 to 16 where higher scores are correlated to more stress (worse outcome)
Anxiety	From enrollment to 3 and 8 weeks after	Measured using General Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7). This is calculated by assigning scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the response categories, respectively, of "not at all," "several days," "more than half the days," and "nearly every day." GAD-7 total score for the seven items ranges from 0 to 21. The definitions are: 0-4: minimal anxiety (better outcome) 5-9: mild anxiety 10-14: moderate anxiety 15-21: severe anxiety (worse outcome)
Depression	From enrollment to 3 and 8 weeks after	Mesured using Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-8). This is calculated by assigning scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the response categories, respectively, of "not at all," "several days," "more than half the days," and "nearly every day." PHQ-8 total score for the eight items ranges from 0 to 24. The definitions are: Less than 5: Minimal depression (better outcome) 5-9: Mild depression 10-14: Moderate depression 15-19: Moderately severe depression More or equal to 20: Severe depression (worse outcome)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social media use - TikTok	At 3 and 8 weeks after enrollment	Number of days in the last seven days the participant used TikTok

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University if Texas at Austin; 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States