P216 Associations between the psychological health of patients and their informal carers in advanced copd: what are the risk factors for anxiety and depression in patients, carers and patient-carer dyads?

Introduction

Anxiety and depression (AD) are highly prevalent in patients with advanced COPD and their informal carers, and are associated with lower quality of life and increased healthcare use. Previous studies have postulated risk factors for patient AD in COPD (including dyspnoea, poor functional status and poor self-management) and carer AD (including female gender, insufficient support and high subjective symptom burden). However,...