Table 2.
Substance use, HIV-related disclosure and stigma, physical and mental health, and Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale measures entered into lasso models as internet health-seeking predictors.
| Characteristic | Values | |
| Recent substance use, n (%) |
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Alcohol | 490 (68.4) |
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Tobacco | 373 (52.1) |
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Marijuana | 422 (58.9) |
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Other noninjected drugs | 320 (44.7) |
| Lifetime injection drug usea, n (%) | 115 (16.2) | |
| HIV status disclosure, n (%) | 654 (91.3) | |
| HIV-related stigma (10-40b), mean (SD) | 24.5 (7.5) | |
| Perceived social support (0-30b), mean (SD) | 21.0 (7.7) | |
| Physical and mental health, mean (SD) |
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Mental health (3-18b) | 9.4 (3.6) |
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Mental and physical health (1-6b) | 4.0 (1.7) |
| MTUASc, mean (SD) |
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Email usage (0-36b) | 19.8 (11.0) |
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Text messaging (0-27b) | 21.4 (6.0) |
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Smartphone usage (0-81b) | 62.1 (18.3) |
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Internet searching (0-81b) | 27.2 (9.8) |
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General social media usage (0-81b) | 49.1 (25.0) |
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Positive technology attitudes (6-30b) | 24.0 (5.1) |
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Anxiety without or dependent on technology (3-15b) | 10.9 (3.4) |
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Negative technology attitudes (3-15b) | 9.4 (3.1) |
aN=711 for injected drugs due to refusal responses.
bMinimum and maximum values for scales shown in parentheses.
cMTUAS: Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale.