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Introduction: Infertility is a public health problem affecting people worldwide from all the communities due to various causes . After getting married, some couples wait for years, others seek assistance within months. With this background, we conducted this study to know the pattern of treatment seeking among infertile couples. Objective : To assess the treatment seeking pattern of infertile couples in rural and urban areas of Vijayapur district, Karnataka. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in the rural and urban field practice area between March 2015-February 2016. Complete enumeration of all the houses was done to list all eligible couples and those who were exposed to pregnancy and had infertility were identified. Results: It was found that 58% of the couples from rural area and 42% from urban area sought treatment and majority opted Allopathic medicine. Waiting for the spontaneous conception was the major reason for not seeking treatment. Around 59% of the female participants availed health care facility and among male participants it was around 41%. Conclusion: Infertility affects couples, rather than individual hence the burden is on the family. Among those who have consulted health care services, significant proportion of the male partners did not seek any treatment.

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INTRODUCTIONPopulation ageing is a major demographic issue for India in the 21 st century with wide implications for economy and society in general. With the rapid changes in demographic indicators over the last few decades, India with 7.7% of its population being more than 60 years has been labelled as "an ageing nation". Presently India has around 90 million elderly and by 2050, the number is expected to increase to 315 million, constituting 20% of the total population.1 Expectation of life at birth has been increased more in recent years. In India it is projected to be 67 years in 2011-2016. 2 The term "demographic burden" is used to connote the increase in the total dependency ratio during any period of time, mostly caused by increased old age dependency ratio, this is an inevitable consequences of demographic transition, and the country has to face this problem. Morbidity among elderly has an important influence on their physical functioning and psychological well-being. Psychosocial problems that confront older persons are the result of priorities, policies and practices of societies associated with social isolation, apparent reduction in family support, inadequate housing, impaired functioning, mental illness, widowhood, limited options for living arrangement and dependent life. 4 The loneliness among elderly has effect on their health status and it leads to progressive spontaneous reduction ABSTRACT Background: Aging is a universal process. In India, the elderly account for 7.7% of the total population and the United Nations defines a country as "ageing" where the proportion of people over 60 years reaches 7.7%. Morbidity among elderly has an important influence on their physical functioning and psychological well-being. The objectives of the study were to assess the psychosocial problems associated with the elderly and to describe the chronic illness and utilization of welfare services among elderly. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in the urban field practice area of Shri B M Patil Medical College, Vijayapur. House to house survey was conducted for a period of 3 months from September to November 2014. Results: Total of 372 elders were interviewed, 54.5% were males, 45.4% were females. Majority were Hindus 78.8%. 46% were illiterate. Majority 79% were financially dependent. 53% were working. Around 32% were feeling lonely Most common chronic illness is joint pain (66.66%), visual problem (50%), dental and chewing problem (48%). Conclusions: Financial dependence was high among the participants and majorities were suffering from one or the other chronic illness which needs attention and knowledge about geriatric welfare services should be given.