Effect of Depression Screening After Acute Coronary Syndromes on Quality of Life: The CODIACS-QoL Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and elevated depressive symptoms are at increased risk for recurrent cardiovascular events and mortality, worse quality of life, and higher health care costs. These observational findings prompted multiple scientific panels to advise universal depression screening in survivors of ACS prior to evidence from randomized screening trials.

Objective

To determine whether systematically screening for depression in survivors of ACS improves quality of life and depression compared with usual care.

Design, setting, and participants

A 3-group multisite randomized trial enrolled 1500 patients with ACS from 4 health care systems between November 1, 2013, and March 31, 2017, with follow-up ending July 31, 2018. Patients were el

SUBMITTER: Kronish IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6806435 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature