Reducing Mental Health Disparities Among Latinxs With a Telenovela Intervention

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The primary aim of our study is to determine the effectiveness of an transdiagnostic telenovela video intervention in reducing anxiety and depressive symptoms using a pre/post-test design with Spanish-speaking Latinxs.

Detailed Description
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Telenovela video interventions are a low-resource, low-cost methodology developed to diminish the treatment-provider gap (Heilemann et al., 2017). Research shows that telenovela interventions represent an acceptable (Heilemann et al., 2018) and potent (Heilemann et al., 2017) intervention option for disseminating information to the Latinx population. Prior research utilizing transmedia telenovela interventions that include a telenovela component have demonstrated some effectiveness at reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression among Latinxs (Heilemann et al., 2017; Kajiyama et al., 2018) as have fotonovelas (Sanchez et al., 2019). To date researchers have not investigated how the telenovela approach combined with a transdiagnostic treatment paradigm might help reduce behavioral health disparities among Spanish-speaking Latinxs given that such an intervention would be easily disseminable and target the two most common disorders observed among this population. The primary aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an transdiagnostic telenovela video intervention in reducing anxiety and depressive symptoms using a pre/post-test design with Spanish-speaking Latinxs.

Official Title
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Reducing Mental Health Disparities Among Latinxs With a Telenovela Intervention

Conditions
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Anxiety Disorders

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Transdiagnostic Telenovela Intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 18 years or older Identify as Latinx Prefer behavioral health services in Spanish Meet the DSM criteria for any mild to moderate anxiety disorder Ownership of a smartphone Exclusion Criteria: Suicidality Psychosis Bipolar disorder Severe anxiety disorders Severe depressive disorders Homicidality

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Telenovela Arm<br>The UP telenovela (which is the experimental treatment arm) constitutes of nine videos depicting the main character, Esperanza, who is struggling with anxiety and depression, undergoing therapy involving the UP, and completing worksheets relating to the weekly therapy sessions. | Behavioral: Transdiagnostic Telenovela Intervention<br>* The intervention constitutes nine videos depicting the main character, Esperanza, who is struggling with anxiety and depression, undergoing therapy involving the a trandiagnostic treatment, and completing worksheets relating to the weekly therapy sessions.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 | Assesses the presence of anxiety symptoms in the past two weeks. Lower scores mean better outcomes. Scores range from 0 to 35. | Two weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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anxiety disorder, transdiagnostic Treatment, United Protocol