RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Anxiety and depression in patients with bronchiectais related to bacterial colonization JF European Respiratory Journal JO Eur Respir J FD European Respiratory Society SP p2548 VO 38 IS Suppl 55 A1 Gilda Fernandes A1 Cristina Martín-Carbajo A1 Rosa Girόn A1 Emma Vazquez A1 Rosa Gόmez-Punter A1 Carolina Cisneros A1 Lourdes Ramos A1 Consolaciόn Rosado A1 Julio Ancochea YR 2011 UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2548.abstract AB The objetive of this study was to assess anxiety and depression by using questionnaires completed by patients with bronchiectasis, who were monitored in a Monographic Clinic.Patients and methods: We included patients diagnosed with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, monitored by means of Computed Axial Tomography. The patients were in a stable state and they filled in the Beck depression questionnaire and the state anxiety and trait anxiety Inventory after signing a statement of informed consent.We collected the following variables: age, sex, and presence or absence of bacterial colonization that was considered by isolating the same type of bacteria in three consecutive sputum separated by a minimum interval of one month. Patients were classified into different degrees of depression and the various percentiles of anxiety. These results were compared to the presence or absence of bacterial colonization.Results: 45 patients responded voluntarily to the questionnaires, 35 women, with a mean age of 66.46 (14.6) years. 16 were chronically colonized, with 12 cases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 42.5% of patients (30% mild depression, 12.5% moderate) had depression. 65% of patients had scores above the 50th percentile in both trait anxiety and in anxiety state. State anxiety and trait anxiety were associated with bacterial colonization (p= 0.005 and p= 0.013) and more speciafically to the colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (p= 0.007 and p= 0.029).Conclusions: Patients with bronchiectasis showed a high percentage of anxiety, both state and trait, as well as depression, although most of this is mild. The chronically colonized patients have higher levels of anxiety in these two aspects.