Research Article

Engagement in HIV Medical Care and Technology Use among Stimulant-Using and Nonstimulant-Using Men who have Sex with Men

Table 4

Technology use by stimulant use and engagement in HIV care.

TotalNo stimulant useStimulant use value
Column % ( )Column % ( )Column % ( )

Total (n = 276) n = 232 n = 44
Any social network site use77.5 (214)76.7 (178)81.8 (36)0.46b
Social network site used
 Facebook60.9 (168)62.1 (144)55.6 (24)0.35b
 Other54.0 (149)50.9 (118)70.5 (31)0.02b
Mobile phonea
 No mobile phone11.3 (31)12.1 (28)6.82 (3)0.67c
 Mobile phone 42.6 (117)42.0 (97)45.5 (20)
 Smart phone46.2 (127)45.9 (106)47.7 (21)

No missed appointments (n = 190) n = 166 n = 24
Any social network site use77.9 (148)76.5 (127)87.5 (21)0.30c
Social network site used
 Facebook60.5 (115)60.8 (101)58.3 (14)0.81b
 Other53.7 (102)50.6 (84)75.0 (18)0.03b
Mobile phonea
 No mobile phone8.5 (16)9.1 (15)4.2 (1)0.80c
 Mobile phone 47.1 (89)47.3 (78)45.8 (11)
 Smart phone44.4 (84)43.6 (72)50.0 (12)

Missed appointment(s) (n = 62) n = 49 n = 13
Any social network site use82.3 (51)81.6 (40)84.6 (11)1.00c
Social network site used
 Facebook66.1 (41)69.4 (34)53.9 (7)0.29b
 Other61.3 (38)57.1 (28)76.9 (10)0.34c
Mobile phone
 No mobile phone14.5 (9)16.3 (8)7.7 (1)0.43c
 Mobile phone 37.1 (23)32.7 (16)53.9 (7)
 Smart phone48.4 (30)51.0 (25)38.5 (5)

Not in HIV medical care (n = 24) n = 17 n = 7
Any social network site use62.5 (15)64.7 (11)57.1 (4)1.00c
Social network site used
 Facebook50.0 (12)52.9 (9)42.9 (3)1.00c
 Other37.5 (9)35.3 (6)42.9 (3)1.00c
Mobile phone
 No mobile phone25.0 (6)29.4 (5)14.3 (1)0.85c
 Mobile phone 20.8 (5)17.7 (3)28.6 (2)
 Smart phone54.2 (13)52.9 (9)57.1 (4)

Notes: a1 missing case; bchi-square test; cFisher’s exact test.