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Depression and anxiety in patients with hematological malignancies, prevalence, and associated factors

Khadega A. Abuelgasim, Gasmelseed Y. Ahmed, Jamilah A. Alqahtani, Aseel M. Alayed, Ahmed S. Alaskar and Mansoor A. Malik
Saudi Medical Journal August 2016, 37 (8) 877-881; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.14597
Khadega A. Abuelgasim
From the Department of Oncology (Abuelgasim, Ahmed, Alaskar), King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard Health Affairs, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alqahtani), Alhasa, the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Abuelgasim, Alayed), College of Nursing, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alaskar), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Psychiatry (Malik), Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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Gasmelseed Y. Ahmed
From the Department of Oncology (Abuelgasim, Ahmed, Alaskar), King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard Health Affairs, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alqahtani), Alhasa, the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Abuelgasim, Alayed), College of Nursing, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alaskar), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Psychiatry (Malik), Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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Jamilah A. Alqahtani
From the Department of Oncology (Abuelgasim, Ahmed, Alaskar), King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard Health Affairs, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alqahtani), Alhasa, the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Abuelgasim, Alayed), College of Nursing, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alaskar), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Psychiatry (Malik), Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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Aseel M. Alayed
From the Department of Oncology (Abuelgasim, Ahmed, Alaskar), King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard Health Affairs, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alqahtani), Alhasa, the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Abuelgasim, Alayed), College of Nursing, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alaskar), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Psychiatry (Malik), Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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Ahmed S. Alaskar
From the Department of Oncology (Abuelgasim, Ahmed, Alaskar), King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard Health Affairs, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alqahtani), Alhasa, the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Abuelgasim, Alayed), College of Nursing, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alaskar), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Psychiatry (Malik), Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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Mansoor A. Malik
From the Department of Oncology (Abuelgasim, Ahmed, Alaskar), King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard Health Affairs, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alqahtani), Alhasa, the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Abuelgasim, Alayed), College of Nursing, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alaskar), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Psychiatry (Malik), Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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vol. 37 no. 8 877-881
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.14597
PubMed 
27464865

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received February 9, 2016
  • Accepted July 10, 2016
  • Published online August 1, 2016.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Khadega A. Abuelgasim, MBBS, MD⇑,
  2. Gasmelseed Y. Ahmed, MBBS, MPH,
  3. Jamilah A. Alqahtani, BSN,
  4. Aseel M. Alayed, BSN,
  5. Ahmed S. Alaskar, MD, FRCP and
  6. Mansoor A. Malik, MBBS, MD
  1. From the Department of Oncology (Abuelgasim, Ahmed, Alaskar), King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard Health Affairs, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alqahtani), Alhasa, the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Abuelgasim, Alayed), College of Nursing, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alaskar), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Psychiatry (Malik), Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Khadega A. Abuelgasim, Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: khadega444{at}yahoo.com
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