Identifying depression following a diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome: testing the predictive validity of a depression risk assessment questionnaire

Is it possible to identify patients who are at risk of developing depression following an acute coronary syndrome event by using a depression risk assessment questionnire?

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612001158853

Acronym

DepACS

Enrollment

300

Registered

2012-11-01

Start date

2012-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study has been designed to test a depression risk assessment questionnaire. Patients who have been admitted to hospital for severe chest pain or a heart attack often get depressed once they have returned home. By asking patient certain questions about their past mental health and recent events we hope to predict which patients may be at risk of becoming depressed.

Interventions

Observation of patients for depressive symptoms following an acute coronary syndrome event over a 4 month period. Participants will be contacted by telephone at 2 months and 4 months and asked the questions contained in the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Admitted to hospital with diagnosis of unstable angina or non ST elevated myocardial infarction or ST elevated myocardial infarction. Able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Non-English Speaking; unable to read the questionnaires; unable to give informed consent, have suspected impaired cognitive function or head injury likely to affect informed consent.

Outcome results