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Background: HIV/AIDS emerged as the most important public health issue of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Hope & Quality of life (QoL) of People living with HIV/AIDS are affected by multiple socio-demographic variables as a major predictor of Hope & QoL. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive survey research design included a sample of 430 PLHIV attending the ART centre, District Government Hospital, Bagalkot. Data were collected using the self-report method and Hospital records by socio-demographic questionnaire, Herths Hope Scale and WHO QOLHIV-BREF scale. Pearson's Correlations, chi-square test and multiple linear regression analysis were used. Results: A significant positive association was found between Hope and QoL among PLHIV (r= 0.483, p<0.001). A significant regression equation (F429, 42= 1.842, R2=0.167, p<0.01). Married status i.e. married, Occupation i.e. doing Labor work has positively and 3rd and 4th clinical-stage have negatively predicted Hope of PLHIV. A Non significant regression equation (F429,42=1.37, R2=0.13, p<0.05). Being a private employee had positively and Heterosexual had negatively predicted and remained determinants have not predicted QoL among PLHIV and there was a significant association found between marital status and remained variables are not associated with Hope. There was a significant negative relationship found between Family monthly income and a positive relationship found between the duration of HIV and QoL. Marital status is significantly associated with QoL. Conclusions: The overall findings reveals that a significant positive correlation between Hope and QoL among PLHIV. There was a significant association found between marital status with Hope. There was a significant negative relationship found between Family monthly income and positive relationship found Duration of HIV and QoL.
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Purpose: This study is being taken for comparing the efficacy and complications encountered between subtenonanaesthesia and peribulbar anaesthesia in manual small incision cataract surgery in RIMS teaching hospitalRaichur.Materials and Methods: This comparative study was done on 50 patients (group 1 subtenon anaesthesia (n=25)and group 2 peribulbar anaesthesia (n=25)) with senile cataractwith visual acuity CF/HMundergoing lens extraction by manual small incision cataract surgery with posterior chamber intra ocular lens implantation atinthe Department of Ophthalmology, RIMS teaching hospital Raichur.Results: 56% Subtenon’s anaesthesia group patients, and 32% Peribulbar anaesthesia group patients had nopain, when it compared it is statistically significant (0.048), 20% Subtenon’s anaesthesia group patients, and64% Peribulbar anaesthesia group patients had no grade 0, when it compared it is statistically significant(0.004), and 20% Subtenon’s anaesthesia group patients, and 64% Peribulbar anaesthesia group patients had nograde 0, when it compared it is statistically significant (0.004).Conclusion: Subtenon’s anaesthesia is a safe and effective substitute for preibulbar anaesthesia in Manualsmallincision cataract surgery.