Pilot Test of a Mobile App That Helps Spanish-speakers Find Mental Health Services in the US.

Rumbo: an Integrated Mobile and Web-Based Application to Overcome Barriers to Receive Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment and Improve Outcomes for Spanish-Speaking, Hispanic and Latinx Individuals

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06619431

Enrollment

Registered

2024-10-01

Start date

2024-01-01

Completion date

2024-04-02

Last updated

2024-10-01

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Conditions

Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations

Keywords

Consumer health informatics, Health Disparities, Treatment access for hispanics/latinos

Brief summary

The goal of this observational study is to develop and test a mobile app for Spanish speakers residing in the US who seeking drug treatment and/or behavioral health services for themselves or an associate. The main questions it aims to answer are: What are the features and content needed on this app? How will people use and share this app? Will they connect with treatment services? After receiving input from focus group participants and other community stakeholders, the app was made available and its usage was tracked to determine its long-term, broad-scale feasibility.

Interventions

DEVICEMobile Application

Rumbo is an easily shared bi-lingual application that helps Hispanic individuals with unhealthy substance use find and access treatment services and related resources. The application stands out from other eHealth tools by leveraging the collective efficacy of the Hispanic community to overcome barriers and support individuals' self-efficacy for engaging the treatment system. Rumbo's simple, user-centered design provides less-acculturated Hispanic individuals with a culturally appropriate tool to understand their needs within the complex US treatment system. Rumbo is comprised of four innovations: (1) a sharing function that facilitates its own implementation among the target population; (2) culturally responsive content and design; (3) problem identification and treatment navigation enhanced to include related resources; (4) an API that is designed for interoperability across extant technologies.

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* At least 18 years old * Identify as Hispanic/Latino * Own a smartphone, pad, or computer * Be willing to meet with study personnel more than once

Exclusion criteria

* Age less than 18 or more than 75 * Evidence of significant cognitive impairment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
System Usability Scale	From enrollment to the close of end-user testing after 4 weeks.	The system usability scale (SUS) is a ten-item attitude scale giving a global view of subjective assessments of usability.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026