title: [Study on the social support condition and its influence factors among people living with HIV/AIDS].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the current status of social support and its influence factors among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAS).
  
  
  METHODS
  The status of social support was measured by Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS). Related factors were collected by self-designed questionnaire and analyzed by multiple stepwise regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  294 PLWHAS were selected as the subjects, whose average overall scores of social support were 27.16 +/- 8.04, and were lower than those of the normal. Increased with the growth of the age, PLWHAS tended to obtain less social supports (beta = -0.119) ,and increased with the education level, PLWHAS tended to obtain more social supports (beta = 0.108). PLWHAS with annual income per capita being equal or greater than 3000 yuan got higher score than their opposites (beta = 0.141). Out of job (beta = - 0.166) and living alone (beta = -0.305) were risk factors, while good relationship with family (beta = 0.356) and a stable marriage (beta = 0. 252) were protective factors associated with social support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The social supports of PLWHAS were lower and affected by multiple factors, which involved age, employment,education,income, the mode of living,relation with family, etc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Center South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yanfang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mengshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Keping
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Hongzhuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult