Table II.
Characteristics of 17 studies included in the review of validated social support instruments use among HIV-affected populations
| First Author |
Study Sampling Method |
Study Population (N) |
Age Mean (SD) | % Men | %HIV+ |
Description of Population |
Geographic Location(s) |
Recruitment Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastardo, 2000 | Nonrandom Sample | 118 | 36 (10.6) | 87.3 | 100 | HIV+ Venezuelan adults | Caracas, Venezuela | Community support groups & clinics |
| Cortes, 2014 | Nonrandom Sample | 406 | Chile: 30.5 (5.0) UK: 23.4 (4.3) |
Chile: 0 UK: 38.3 |
15.3 | HIV+ and HIV− adults | Chile & United Kingdom | Volunteers at university clinics |
| Darbes, 2005 | Random Sample | 120 (60-dyads) | 37 (NR) | 100 | NR | Gay couples over the age of 18 | United States | Gay men's community and university organizations; ads and announcements in gay and AIDS social service organizations |
| Dima, 2014 | Nonrandom Sample | 158 | 43.8 (10.3) | 30.4 | 100 | HIV+ Tanzanian adults | Tanzania | Rural anti-retroviral therapy clinics in the Kilimanjaro region |
| Epino, 2012 | Random Sample | 610 | 38 (10) | 38 | 100 | HIV+ Rwandan adults | Rwanda | Clinics serving HIV+ adults |
| Hudson, 2001 | Nonrandom Sample | 104 | 38.3 (7.8) | 0 | 100 | HIV+ women | Bay Area, California | Residential group home for seropositive women |
| Ingram, 1999 | Nonrandom Sample | 271 | 36.5 (8) | 75 | 100 | HIV+ adults | Columbus, OH; Richmond, VA |
Ohio State & Virginia Commonwealth Universities infectious disease clinics |
| Kim, 2017 | Nonrandom Sample | 411 | 4.9 (NR) | 62.3 | 100 | HIV+, recently incarcerated adults | Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Columbia, SC; New Haven, CT; Philadelphia, PA |
Prison programs |
| Prado, 2004 | Random Sample | 252 | 35.3 (8.5) | 0 | 100 | HIV+ African American mothers | South Florida, USA | Urban, low-income HIV-seropositive African American mothers |
| Renwick, 1999 | Nonrandom Sample | 120 | 36.9 (8.1) | 89.2 | 100 | HIV+ adults | Toronto, Canada | Hospital and community clinics treating adults with HIV |
| Robbins, 2003 | Nonrandom Sample | 38 | 26.9 (5.6) | 0 | 100 | HIV+ African American women | Southeastern, USA | NR |
| Saddiki, 2017 | Random Sample | 120 | NR | 62.5 | 100 | HIV+ Malaysian adults | Kelantan, Malaysia | Infectious disease unit |
| Saracino, 2015 | Nonrandom Sample | 1615 | 57.5 (15) | 61.7 | 28.2 | Patients with advance chronic conditions, including HIV | New York, New York | Palliative care hospital & tertiary care center |
| Schwarzer, 1994 | Nonrandom Sample | 587 | 36.8 (6.8) | 100 | Wave 1:44 Wave 2:46 |
Cohort of gay and bisexual men participating in the MACS study | Los Angeles, CA | MACS Study Site |
| Varzan, 2012 | Random Sample | 62 | 35.5 (n/r) | 64.5 | 8 | Injection drug users | New York, New York | Centers providing services for injection drug users |
| Waddell, 2006 | Random Sample | 459 | NR | 60 | 100 | Community health advisory and information network participants | New York, New York | Sampled from NYC Health and Social Services departments that had HIV caseloads |
| Yu, 2015 | Nonrandom Sample | 200 | NR | 81 | 100 | HIV+ Chinese adults | Beijing, China | Ditan hospital, treatment center for infectious diseases in China |
Notes: NR = not reported