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Background: HIV infection is one of the raising public health problems. HIV diagnosis is usually associated with stigma and often results in mental illness among the people infected. Depression is the most common mental illness in HIV patients as found by various studies. Hence the present study aimed to determine the proportion of depression and its socio-demographic and clinical predictors among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA).Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was done among 322 PLHA on Antiretroviral therapy attending ART centre at GIMS Teaching Hospital, Gadag. After taking written informed consent from the patients, a predesigned proforma which included socio-demographic variables, clinical details, and CD-4 count, along with patient health questionnaire (PHQ) 9 was administered to assess depression in PLHA.Results: Out of the 322 people living with HIV/AIDS, 108 (33.5%) had depressed. According to PHQ 9 questionnaire, 19.9% had mild depression, 10.6% moderate depression and 3.1% had moderate severe depression. It was noted that 40.3% of females had depression compared to 24.8% of males. PHLA who were on ART for less than one year had higher proportion of depression (61.1%) compared to those with 5 years duration of ART (28.6%) and it was statistically significant.Conclusions: In the study 33.5% of PHLA had depression. Socio-economic status, gender, duration of ART had significant association with depression whereas age, education, place of residence, CD4 count were not associated with depression. Depression screening among PHLA can be done at regular follows ups at ART centres.

India leads the world with largest number of diabetic subjects earning the dubious distinction of being termed the diabetes capital of the world. The present study was aimed to know the prevalence of type-2 diabetes mellitus in a rural population aged 40 years and above and to determine relation between socio economic status and prevalence of diabetes. The present study was carried out in the village Hebbal, which is a designated rural field practice area of Community Medicine Department, M R Medical College, Gulbarga for duration of one year from 2008 to 2009. There was no significant difference in prevalence rates among men and women. It was also noted that there was upward trend in diabetes prevalence with increasing age in both males and females. The present study also found positive association between age, high socioeconomic status and occupation were significantly associated with abnormal glucose tolerance. It was also found that religion and education levels were not significantly associated with abnormal glucose tolerance.

Diabetes is now one of the most common non-communicable diseases globally and is emerging fast as one of the most serious health problems of our time. The present study was carried out in the village Hebbal, which is a designated rural field practice area of Community Medicine Department, M R Medical College, Gulbarga for duration of one year from 2008 to 2009 with aim to out to determine the prevalence of diabetes and its associated factors for causation of Diabetes Mellitus II. The present study found positive association between stress, sedentary lifestyle, family history of diabetes, hypertension and alcohol consumption with abnormal glucose tolerance. It was also found that type of family and type of diet were not significantly associated with abnormal glucose tolerance.