Auwalu Sani Salihu

Depression & Its Associated Factors: A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Adult Out-Patients in Northwestern Nigeria

Aminu Ibrahim Shehu, Chikaodiri Nkewerem Aghukwa, Mustapha Ibrahim Gudaji, Musa Umar Usman, Zaharaddeen Garba Habib & Auwalu Sani Salihu · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2026

Background: Depression has a substantial direct and indirect impact on physical illness among the general outpatients. This impact includes amplifying physical symptoms and worsening functional impairment, thereby increasing morbidity and mortality, decreasing patients’ adherence...