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RCT for Latina Mental Health Using Web-Based Apps

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

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · Women · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion 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

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not Latina or Hispanic
* Under age 18

About the study

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.

What is being tested

• Catalina (behavioral)
• Control webpage (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Participants: 700 · Started: Jul 9, 2025

Contact the study team

• Study Coordinator · Phone: 310-210-4273

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06874790

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.