Pilot Evaluation of Together for Wellness Website in COVID-19

NCT04961242 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 20-002163
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 315
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a pilot evaluation of a set of free digital mental health resources developed for COVID-19 relief in California, with funding for the evaluation by the California Health Care Foundation. The website includes resources to support information on COVID-19, meditation and stress management, resources for parenting resilience, resources for social connection and addressing structural racism, and linkages to resources under the partnering "CalHOPE" website (FEMA funded). The evaluation includes: 1) an invitation from a partnering agency to visit the website and consider the evaluation; 2) a post website visit baseline survey; 3) a follow-up survey 4-6 weeks later; 4) a telephone interview for a subset of participants who agree to the follow-up interview and provide their contact information.

Conditions

Digital Mental Health Resources (Website) for Coping With Stress and Information

Keywords

digital mental health resources, website, user feedback and evaluation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Patient Health Questionnaire-2 item (PHQ-2)

  Screener for depressive disorder

  change from baseline to 4-6 weeks follow-up

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 items (GAD-2)

  Screener for generalized anxiety disorder

  change from baseline to 4-6 weeks follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Stigma toward mental health

  change from baseline to 4-6 weeks follow-up

• Behavioral Health Services Use

  Change from baseline to 4-6 weeks follow-up

• COVID-related Stressors

  Change from baseline to 4-6 weeks follow-up

• Race/ethnicity discrimination

  Change from baseline to 4-6 weeks follow-up

• vaccination status and acceptability

  Change from baseline to 4-6 weeks follow-up

Interventions

Together for Wellness digital mental health website DEVICE

The intervention is a digital mental health resources website that includes multiple, free resources for broad public use. Different categories of resources include information on COVID-19 from CDC, multi-language versions of the UCLA Mindfulness App and other meditation programs, resources for families and social connection, including addressing discrimination or equity, and resource links.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adults (\>=18) that partner with agencies participating across California in the evaluation of the Together for Wellness website, and voluntarily agree to participate. This will include community members, community leaders, case managers and crisis counselors, and clients of agencies.

You may qualify if:

• years or older by self-report
• able to access the internet on their own
• able to complete a written survey in English or Spanish.
• They must be invited by a partnering agency within the limit allowed to that agency (30-40 participants).

You may not qualify if:

• Age under 18 by self-report
• inability to read and understand either English or Spanish
• not having access online (not a specific survey question).
• Not able to complete survey in English or Spanish;
• Referring stakeholder group has already had 30-40 participants enroll.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Los Angeles: lead
• California Department of Health Services: collaborator
• University of California, Davis: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Health Services and Society

Los Angeles, California, 90024, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Wells K, Thames AD, Young AS, Zhang L, Heilemann MV, Romero DF, Oliva A, Jones F, Tang L, Brymer M, Elliott T, Arevian A; Together for Wellness/Juntos Collaborators and Writing Group. Engagement, Use, and Impact of Digital Mental Health Resources for Diverse Populations in COVID-19: Community-Partnered Evaluation. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Dec 7;6(12):e42031. doi: 10.2196/42031.

  PMID: 36346902 RESULT

Study Officials

• MarySue Heilemann, PhD

  UCLA School of Nursing

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 1, 2021
• First Posted: July 14, 2021
• Study Start: September 20, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 17, 2022
• Study Completion: January 7, 2023
• Last Updated: January 11, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)