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Background: Diabetes is accompanied by a distinct decreased in subject抯 quality of life (QOL) and it shows to elevated disability-adjusted life years than most diseases. Depression shows the degrade QOL and is associated with wretched treatment outcomes and lesser the glycaemic control in diabetes. Objective of this study is to study the association between Quality of Life (QoL) and depression among type2 diabetes mellitus in Andhra Pradesh. Methodology: The present study is a case control study. There were 300 participants including 150 type2 diabetes mellitus patients, & 150 healthy individuals (age and gender matched) were also selected as a control to meet the purpose of the study. Subjects age range was set between 35-65 years. Beck depression inventory (BDI-II) and WHO quality of life scale (QOL BREF) were used for data collection, SPSS-26(v). Results: The study findings showed that significant but negative relation between depression scores and quality of life. 65% have Poor Quality of life & 57% have high depression in Diabetes Patients. 54% have good Quality of life & 78% have Mild Depression in Healthy Individuals. Conclusion: It is concluded that association between depression and sub-scales of quality of life indicating that high depression scores may lead to lower physical and psychological health impacting social relationship and environmental health.
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Background: Acne vulgaris is one of the most common skin diseases affecting majority of the teens and reaching its pinnacle during adulthood. In some severe cases, it leads to pronounced skin deformity which adversely dampen the self-esteem of the affected which can eventually lead to depression and even suicides. Usually this disease invariably diminishes in twenties but in some cases, it might even persist in thirties, forties and beyond. Majority of females suffer from mild to moderate acne at some stage of life. Androgens cause enlargement and overstimulation of the sebaceous glands in people with acne and this leads to overproduction of sebum coupled with sluggish exfoliation process leads to blocked pores and development of acne, so the present study conducted with objectives to compare hormonal levels of serum testosterone, LH, FSH among patients with and without Acne and to compare the hormonal levels in different categories of acne among study participants.