Chicago Center for HIV Elimination, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 5065, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Oct 12;21(10):1352. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21101352.
Social support has been associated with viral suppression among persons living with HIV (PWH). We examined cross-sectional data from young Black men who have sex with men to see if sociodemographic factors, medical history, and egocentric Facebook social support measures are related to viral suppression. Differences between participants were examined using Chi-square, Fisher's exact, or Wilcoxon Rank Sum Tests, with significance set at = 0.10. Degree centrality ( = 0.074) and Eigenvector centrality ( = 0.087) were significant, indicating that PWH with unsuppressed viral loads had more social connections. These results contrast prior studies in the literature. Further research on online social support for PWH is needed.
社会支持与 HIV 感染者（PLWH）的病毒抑制有关。我们研究了与年轻的黑人男男性行为者的横断面数据，以观察社会人口统计学因素、病史和自我中心的 Facebook 社会支持措施是否与病毒抑制有关。使用卡方检验、Fisher 确切检验或 Wilcoxon 秩和检验比较参与者之间的差异，显著性水平设置为 = 0.10。中心度（ = 0.074）和特征向量中心度（ = 0.087）具有统计学意义，表明未抑制病毒载量的 PLWH 有更多的社会联系。这些结果与文献中的先前研究形成对比。需要对 PLWH 的在线社会支持进行进一步研究。
