Media Project and Health Study - Spanish Version

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depression, Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: Attention Control Web-App; Behavioral: Catalina Story-Based Web-App

• Registration Number: NCT04862624
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles

Brief Summary

We seek to test the efficacy of the Spanish version of the "Catalina" web-app intervention compared to an attention control web-app in reducing symptoms of depression and/or anxiety and motivate women to take action to get help.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-11-16
• Study First Submitted: 2021-04-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-26
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-28
• Primary Completion: 2021-11-20
• Study Completion: 2021-12-12
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-06
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 56

Inclusion Criteria

• self identifies as Latina
• scores 10 or more on Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) or General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)-7
• can read, write, and speak Spanish
• has access to the internet

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Exclusion Criteria

• currently getting treatment for depression or anxiety
• suicidal ideation identified at screening

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Attention control media	Attention Control Web-App	Participants will receive a link to non-story based media that is informational and does not involve story characters.
Story-based media	Catalina Story-Based Web-App	Participants will receive a link to our story-based media with Latina characters.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in help seeking intention and action	Baseline and 6 weeks	Change from baseline in help seeking intentions will be assessed by the number of participants who expressed interest in, expressed intentions to take action, or reported actually taking help-seeking action (used a resource, called a clinic, made an appointment with a mental health professional, signed up for a support group, or actually attended a group or 1:1 mental health session).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change attitudes towards seeking psychological services.	Baseline and 6 weeks.	Change in individuals' attitudes with respect to seeking psychological services will be assessed with the Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMAS). It is a 24 item scale that measures psychological openness to seeking mental health services, help seeking propensity (ability and motivation to seek help), and indifference to stigma (a person's lack of concern of what others might think of their attitude toward seeking professional help). Total scores range from 0 to 96, and higher scores indicate more positive attitudes.
Change in attitudes in mental help seeking.	Baseline and 6 weeks.	Change in attitudes about seeking help from a mental health professional will be assessed with the Mental Help Seeking Attitudes Scale (MHSAS) which is a 9-item instrument designed to measure respondents' overall evaluation (unfavorable vs. favorable) of their seeking help from a mental health professional if they found themselves to be dealing with a mental health concern. Total scale scores range from 0 to 63, and higher scores indicate more positive attitudes toward seeking help.
Change in Anxiety	Baseline and 6 weeks.	Change in Anxiety will be assessed by the General Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD7) which is a self-report screening and severity measure for generalized anxiety disorder. The seven items correspond to symptoms of anxiety and are summed for a range from 0-21; a score of 10-14 indicates moderate anxiety and scores at or above 15 indicate severe anxiety
Change in Depression	Baseline and 6 weeks.	Change in Depression will be assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) which is a self-report assessment of depression. It has been established as a valid diagnostic and severity measure. The eight items correspond to symptom-based diagnostic criteria in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-IV and are summed for a range from 0-24; a score of 10-14 indicates moderate depression and scores at or above 15 indicate severe depression.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCLA School of Nursing; 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States