Media Project and Health Study - Spanish Version

Depression, Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Efficacy of the Spanish Version of the "Catalina" Intervention Media Project and Health Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04862624
• Other study ID #: IRB#19-002046
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 16, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 12, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: University of California, Los Angeles
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 56
• Est. completion date: December 12, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 20, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 21 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• currently getting treatment for depression or anxiety

• suicidal ideation identified at screening

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depression, Anxiety

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Catalina Story-Based Web-App
Latinas in the experimental group will view a story-based web-app featuring a character named "Catalina" and psycho-therapeutic modules to motivate them to take action and get help for their symptoms of depression and/or anxiety.
• Attention Control Web-App
Latinas in the attention control group will view non-story based media that is informational.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UCLA School of Nursing	Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Los Angeles

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline in help seeking intention and action	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).	Baseline and 6 weeks
Secondary	Change attitudes towards seeking psychological services.	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.	Baseline and 6 weeks.
Secondary	Change in attitudes in mental help seeking.	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.	Baseline and 6 weeks.
Secondary	Change in Anxiety	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	Baseline and 6 weeks.
Secondary	Change in Depression	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.	Baseline and 6 weeks.