Frequency and predictors of depression and anxiety in chronic illnesses: A multi disease study across non-communicable and communicable diseases

• Uzair Abbas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: uzair.abbas@duhs.edu.pk

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-247X

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• Niaz Hussain,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Bilawal Medical College, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan

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• Misha Tanveer,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9085-9930

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• Rabeel Nawaz Laghari,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Allied, Indus Medical College Hospital, Tando Muhammad Khan, Pakistan,

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• Ishfaque Ahmed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Center, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Ali Bux Rajper

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Bilawal Medical College, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan

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