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Abriendo Caminos: Engaging Latinos

ConditionSerious Mental Illness
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorYale University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a culturally responsive peer-delivered motivational interviewing intervention can enhance mental health treatment engagement in Latinos with serious mental illness. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* How feasible is it to recruit 30 Latinos with serious mental illness into a 6 week treatment engagement intervention? * How acceptable is the intervention to Latinos with serious mental illness?

Participants will:

* Receive six sixty-minute sessions * Complete weekly measures, along with pre-, post-, 30-day, and 60-day post-intervention assessments

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Meet criteria for serious mental illness

Not in treatment

18 years of age or older

Reside in CT

Disqualifiers

Individuals in formal mental health treatment in the past 30 days

Have a life-threatening or unstable medical, surgical, or psychiatric condition

Inability to provide > 1 form of contact information

Anticipate being unable to return for a follow-up assessment

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Culturally responsive motivational interviewing

    Behavioral

    Six sixty-minute sessions of culturally responsive motivational interviewing, once a week.

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Culturally responsive peer-delivered motivational interviewingExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Number of participants recruited

The average number of participants recruited to participate in the study

Time frame
From April 2026 to April 2027 (approximately 1 year)
2

Number of participants that complete the study

The average number of participants who complete the study

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 60 days post-session 6
3

Number of sessions completed

The average number of sessions completed by the participant

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks
4

The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire

The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) uses a 4-point Likert scale (1-4) for each item, typically ranging from "Quite dissatisfied" to "Very satisfied" or similar, for a total of 8 to 32 points. High scores indicate greater satisfaction across nine dimensions of service quality.

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Religious Practices and beliefs (RPB 2I)

The Religious Practices and Beliefs (RPB 2I) is a 13-item instrument scored by recoding responses to establish a zero floor, with higher scores indicating greater religiosity. It measures religious beliefs (0-4) and behavioral frequencies (past year/lifetime) using Likert scales (e.g., 0-7 or 1-3) to assess four dimensions: believing, bonding, behaving, and belonging. To ensure a score floor of zero, responses must be recoded before summing. Generally, this means subtracting 1 from the response value (e.g., if using a 1-8 scale, it becomes 0-7).

Time frame
At enrollment
2

Marin Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (SASH)

The Marin Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (SASH) is a 12-item tool scored by averaging responses, where 1 represents "Only Spanish" and 5 represents "Only English." Higher average scores (closer to 5) indicate higher U.S. acculturation, while lower scores (closer to 1) reflect lower acculturation, and middle scores indicate biculturalism

Time frame
At enrollment
3

The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised

The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised (MEIM-R) is a 6-item instrument that uses a 4-point or 5-point Likert scale (e.g., 1=Strongly Disagree to 4/5=Strongly Agree) to measure ethnic identity commitment and exploration. Scoring involves calculating the mean of all items, with higher scores indicating a stronger, more developed ethnic identity

Time frame
At enrollment
4

Familism Scale

The Familism Scale is a 14, 5-point Likert scale (1=Very Much in Disagreement, 5=Very Much in Agreement) measuring familism via three subscales: familial obligations, perceived support, and family as referents. Higher scores indicate stronger familism.

Time frame
At enrollment

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Yale University

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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