Recruiting

Mental Health

Sponsor:

University of Texas at Austin

Code:

NCT06652711

Conditions

Well-being

Mental Health

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

2-month access to mental health app

Direct incentive

4-month access to mental health app

Lottery incentive

Study Details

Brief summary:

We will study the impacts of offering access to an emotional well-being phone app to Hispanic U.S. immigrants in psychological distress. Our primary outcome is participants' psychological well-being.

Conditions

Well-being

Mental Health

Study ID

NCT06652711

Start date

Sep 20, 2024

Status verified date

Jun, 2024

Completion date

Sep, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

The target population will be: immigrants to the U.S. of Hispanic origin whose native language is Spanish, who have been living in the U.S. (intermittently or continuously) for less than 10 years, who are over 18 years of age, who have a PHQ4 score that is three or more, who would be interested in using a well-being phone app, who do not have a graduate degree and have access to a smartphone.

Study Design

Enrollment

2100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: 2-month access and no incentive

Participants have access to the well-being app for two months and receive no incentive for using the app.

experimental: 2-month access and lottery incentive

Participants have access to the well-being app for two months, and participate in a lottery for gift cards if they display sufficient engagement.

experimental: 2-month access and direct incentive

Participants have access to the well-being app for two months, and receive a direct payment if they display sufficient engagement.

experimental: 4-month access and no incentive

Participants have access to the well-being app for four months and receive no incentive for using the app.

experimental: 4-month access and lottery incentive

Participants have access to the well-being app for four months, and participate in a lottery for gift cards if they display sufficient engagement.

experimental: 4-month access and direct incentive

Participants have access to the well-being app for four months, and receive a direct payment if they display sufficient engagement.

no intervention: control

Participants do not have access to the app during the study.

Interventions

2-month access to mental health app

Participants will have access to the well-being app for two months.

Direct incentive

A $10 gift card are given to participants at the end of the study if they used the app sufficiently.

4-month access to mental health app

Participants will have access to the well-being app for four months.

Lottery incentive

Participants can participate in a draw of $150 gift cards at the end of the study if they used the app sufficiently.

Primary outcome measure

  • Depression, anxiety, and stress [ Time Frame: Up to six months since enrollment ]
  • Anxiety [ Time Frame: Up to six months since enrollment ]
  • Stress [ Time Frame: Up to six months since enrollment ]
  • Self-efficacy [ Time Frame: Up to six months since enrollment ]
  • Locus of Control [ Time Frame: Up to six months since enrollment ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Raissa Fabregas

512-471-7349rfabregas@utexas.edu

Locations

The University of Texas at Austin

Recruiting

Austin, Texas, United States, 78712

Contacts

Raissa Fabregas

512-471-7349rfabregas@utexas.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Texas at Austin

Last update posted

Oct 22, 2024

Last verified

Jun, 2024

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Texas at Austin on 2024-10-22.