ABSTRACT
This paper titled A Study of Consumption Behaviour of Plastic Card Holders of Ahmedabad City is aimed at knowing which types of plastic cards (credit card, debit/ATM card, charge card and smart card) are held by respondents and out of them which is the most used plastic card, the number of plastic cards used, most popular card issuing bank and most preferred brand of plastic card of respondents of Ahmedabad city. The findings are that majority of card holders have debit card and it is the most preferred card for purchasing goods and services by respondents. Respondents possess more than one cards. Only 32% card holders have only one card and nearly 68 % card holders have more than one card. Axis bank is the most popular card issuing bank (20.2%) amongst majority of respondents followed by SBI. The majority of respondents (34.6%) are using Classic brand plastic card. This revels that other brands like Classic Plus, Edge, Global, Gold, Neo, Platinum, Priority, Privilege,Titanium etc. are less popular.
ABSTRACT
Background: The chronic debilitating conditions, i.e., diabetes and depression are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Both these interlinked chronic conditions contribute to their worst outcomes. Aims: The objective of the present study was to analyze the frequency of depression in diabetes and its correlation with demographic details like age, sex, domicile, education, income, and marital status. Settings and Design: The study was conducted in the private diabetic clinic in outer Delhi (Rohini). Subjects and Methods: Totally, 250 patients attending the outpatient department of private diabetic clinic were assessed with Beck Depression Inventory Scale which was a 21-question multiple-choice self-report inventory. Results: Among the study population, 11.6% of the patients had co-morbid depression with more prevalence in females when compared with males. The demographic analysis revealed that depression incidence was higher in urban population, lower socio-economic class, and in patients with diabetes more than 5 years when compared with their counterparts and similar in graduate and undergraduate student population. Interestingly, the numbers of depression cases were found only in married population contrary to none in unmarried category. Conclusion: Present study concluded that co-morbidity of depression is prevalent in diabetic population with three times higher frequency than the considered feature of mild depression.