Sule Lamido University Journal of Science and Technology (SLUJST) Vol. 1 No. 1 [June, 2020], pp. 80-88 Prevalence and Level of Anxiety among HIV/AIDS Patients Attending HIV Clinic at Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, North-Western Nigeria *1Hassan Hassan Murtala, 2Abdullahi Kamilu, 3Mahfouz Mohammed Haddad, 3Basiru Aleeyu Attahir, 3Saleh Ngaski Garba and 4Emmanuel Ejembi Anyebe 1. School of Nursing, College of Nursing and Midwifery, Birnin-Kudu, Jigawa State, Nigeria, 2. School of Midwifery, College of Nursing and Midwifery, Birnin-Kudu, Jigawa State, Nigeria, 3. Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano state, Nigeria, 4. Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, Email:
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