Analyzing Social Support from Facebook on Viral Suppression among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV: A Pilot Study.

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Pub Date : 2024-10-12 DOI:10.3390/ijerph21101352

Eleanor E Friedman, Natascha Del Vecchio, Joseph A Mason, Samantha A Devlin, Jessica P Ridgway, John A Schneider

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Abstract

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 p = 0.10. Degree centrality (p = 0.074) and Eigenvector centrality (p = 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.

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分析 Facebook 对感染 HIV 的年轻黑人男男性行为者病毒抑制的社会支持：一项试点研究。

社会支持与艾滋病病毒感染者（PWH）的病毒抑制有关。我们研究了年轻黑人男男性行为者的横截面数据，以了解社会人口因素、病史和以自我为中心的 Facebook 社会支持措施是否与病毒抑制有关。参与者之间的差异采用卡方检验、费雪精确检验或 Wilcoxon 秩和检验，显著性设定为 p = 0.10。度中心性（p = 0.074）和特征向量中心性（p = 0.087）显著，表明病毒载量未受抑制的感染者有更多的社会联系。这些结果与之前的文献研究形成了鲜明对比。我们需要进一步研究 PWH 的在线社会支持。

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