M2 Do patients and informal carers agree on symptom burden in advanced copd?

Introduction

Informal carers are a valuable source of information on patients’ symptom experiences for clinicians, and carer assessment determines decisions regarding symptom management by carers themselves. However, previous studies have reported that proxies overestimate symptom burden, particularly subjective psychological and emotional symptoms, but proxy studies in COPD are few. We sought to assess congruency between patient and...