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Depression and anxiety among hypertensive and diabetic primary health care patients

Could patients’ perception of their diseases control be used as a screening tool?

Abdullah D. AlKhathami, Mohamed A. Alamin, Areej M. Alqahtani, Wafaa Y. Alsaeed, Mohammed A. AlKhathami and Abdulazeez H. Al-Dhafeeri
Saudi Medical Journal June 2017, 38 (6) 621-628; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.6.17941
Abdullah D. AlKhathami
From Saudi Post Graduate Family Medicine Program (AlKhathami, Alamin, Alqahtani), Ministry of Health, AlKhobar Health Centers Administration (Alsaeed), Ministry of Health (AlKhathami, Al-Dhafeeri), Eastern Province, AlKhobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed A. Alamin
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Areej M. Alqahtani
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Wafaa Y. Alsaeed
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Mohammed A. AlKhathami
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Abdulazeez H. Al-Dhafeeri
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