Media Project and Health Study - Spanish Version

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Depression, Anxiety
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Catalina Story-Based Web-App; Behavioral: Attention Control Web-App

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 56
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-6919
      • UCLA School of Nursing

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 years to 50 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Story-based media; Participants will receive a link to our story-based media with Latina characters.	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.
Active Comparator: Attention control media; Participants will receive a link to non-story based media that is informational and does not involve story characters.	Behavioral: Attention Control Web-App; Latinas in the attention control group will view non-story based media that is informational.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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 Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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.
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.
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.
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.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: MarySue V Heilemann, PhD, RN, UCLA School of Nursing

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 16, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 20, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): December 12, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 23, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 26, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): April 28, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 10, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 6, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Depression
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB#19-002046

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No