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clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01689077.

Somatic symptoms of depression are prevalent in patients with acute coronary syndrome. The use of self-completed non-diagnostic questionnaires assessing symptoms of depression therefore is cautioned as patients may wrongly be identified as depressed. In patients with acute coronary syndrome depression is predicted by well-known psychosocial risk factors.

The increase in the use of a screening sheet for MeS among patients admitted to a psychiatric ward as a result of outreach visits by clinical pharmacist improve assessment for MeS. This may lead to better identification of patients suffering from MeS and hence increase the possibility of treating MeS and preventing morbidity and mortaligy.