title: [Social support for 330 HIV/AIDS patients under antiretroviral treatment and related factors in Wuhan].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the current status of social support for HIV/AIDS patients under antiretroviral treatment (ART) and related factors in Wuhan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) was used to analyze the current status of social support for HIV/AIDS patients under ART in Wuhan. Student's t test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple linear regression model were used to identify the related factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scores of subjective support, objective support, utilization of social support, and overall social support for 330 HIV/AIDS patients were significant lower than the national norm (P < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the subjective support (β' = -0.260), objective support (β' = -0.196) and overall social support (β' = -0.141) for the patients who were unmarried, divorced or widowed were worse than those for the patients who were married (P < 0.05). The patients with higher educational level had more objective support (β' = 0.250) and utilization of social support (β' = 0.232) than those with lower educational level (P < 0.05). The subjective support for patients without HIV related symptoms in the past two weeks was better than those with HIV related symptoms (β' = 0.232, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current status of social support for HIV/AIDS patients under ART in Wuhan was worse than that for healthy people. More attention should be paid to HIV/AIDS patients with worse social support.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan 430015, China.
authors.forename: Nianhua
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
authors.forename: Hongbo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan 430015, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan 430015, China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Email: sf_nie@mails.tjmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shaofa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nie
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002681:China; D004522:Educational Status; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D017533:Marital Status / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012944:Social Support
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents