Development and content validation of the Multifactoral assessment of perceived social support (MAPSS), a brief, patient-reported measure of social support for use in HIV care

Figures & data

Figure 1. Methodological overview.

Figure 2. Multifactoral assessment of perceived social support (MAPSS).

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics.

	Concept elicitation interview	Focus group	Cognitive interview	Crosswalk
Demographic	n = 32	n = 23	n = 30	n = 708
Present sex male	21 (66%)	12 (52%)	21 (70%)	598 (84%)
Gender identity
Male	21 (66%)	12 (52%)	21 (70%)	591 (83%)
Female	9 (28%)	8 (35%)	9 (30%)	101 (14%)
MTF	2 (6%)	3 (13%)	0 (0%)	8 (1%)
FTM	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (0%)
Other	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (0%)
Unknown	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (1%)
Sexual orientation
Lesbian/gay	–	–	–	464 (66%)
Heterosexual	–	–	–	158 (22%)
Bisexual	–	–	–	54 (8%)
Something else	–	–	–	10 (1%)
Don’t know/unknown	–	–	–	22 (3%)
Age
<30	4 (12%)	2 (9%)	2 (7%)	46 (7%)
30–39	6 (19%)	6 (26%)	5 (17%)	144 (20%)
40–49	9 (28%)	5 (22%)	10 (33%)	175 (25%)
50+	13 (41%)	10 (42%)	13 (43%)	343 (48%)
Race
White	21 (66%)	11 (48%)	19 (63%)	502 (71%)
African American	10 (31%)	11 (48%)	9 (30%)	130 (18%)
American Indian	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	4 (1%)
Asian/Pac. Islander	1 (3%)	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	24 (3%)
Multiracial	0 (0%)	1 (4%)	0 (0%)	15 (2%)
Other/unknown	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	33 (5%)
Latino/a
Yes	12 (38%)	8 (35%)	12 (40%)	210 (30%)
No	20 (63%)	15 (65%)	18 (60%)	493 (70%)
Unknown	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	5 (1%)
Activity language Spanish	9 (28%)	5 (22%)	12 (40%)	136 (19%)
HIV Risk Factor
MSM	–	–	–	473 (67%)
IDU	–	–	–	64 (9%)
MSM + IDU	–	–	–	9 (1%)
Heterosexual	–	–	–	129 (18%)
Other/unknown	–	–	–	33 (5%)
Currently taking HIV medications
Yes	–	–	–	660 (93%)
No	–	–	–	38 (5%)
Unknown	–	–	–	10 (1%)
Most recent CD4 count
<200	–	–	–	47 (7%)
200–349	–	–	–	91 (13%)
350+	–	–	–	565 (80%)
Unknown	–	–	–	5 (1%)
Most recent viral load
0–400	–	–	–	646 (91%)
Over 400	–	–	–	52 (7%)
Unknown	–	–	–	10 (1%)

MTF = Male to Female Transgender.

FTM = Female to Male Transgender.

MSM = Men who have Sex with Men.

IDU = Intravenous Drug Use.