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Awareness, anxiety, and depression in healthcare professionals, medical students, and general population of Pakistan during COVID-19 Pandemic: A cross sectional online survey

Sardar Muhammad Alfareed Zafar, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik, Fahd Kamal Akhtar, Ghazala Rubi

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2020 · 22 citations · 20 references

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Due to COVID-19 pandemic, most of the people are experiencing anxiety and depression like symptoms. Lockdown and high transmission potential of COVID-19 are 2factors causing mental distress in people. Thus, this study was aimed to find the risk and influencing factors of developing mental health problems in Pakistani population.

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