Why the study?
The authors sought to develop a simple screening scale to predict postdischarge depression in patients with ACS after PCI and to verify its reliability, validity, and cutoff value.
Can a simple 12-item screening scale reliably predict postdischarge depression in patients with ACS-PCI?
Population
42 patients with ACS after PCI across two hospitals in Japan
Design
Prospective longitudinal study
Follow-up
3 months after discharge
Key result
The 12-item SDACS-12 screening scale predicted postdischarge depression in ACS-PCI patients with an AUC of 0.799 (95% CI 0.629 to 0.970) at a cutoff of 28 points.
Authors
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May aid post-ACS-PCI depression screening; leaves open validation in larger prospective cohorts before clinical use.
Observational (n=42)
Yes
Can a simple 12-item screening scale reliably predict postdischarge depression in patients with ACS-PCI?
Effect estimate: AUC 0.799 (95% CI 0.629 to 0.970)
A newly developed 12-item screening scale (SDACS-12) shows high sensitivity but low specificity for predicting postdischarge depression in ACS patients after PCI.
Doi et al. (2026) conducted an observational in Acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention (n=42). SDACS-12 screening scale was evaluated on Predictive ability for postdischarge depression (Area under the ROC curve) (AUC 0.799, 95% CI 0.629 to 0.970). The 12-item SDACS-12 screening scale predicted postdischarge depression in ACS-PCI patients with an AUC of 0.799 (95% CI 0.629 to 0.970) at a cutoff of 28 points.