Development and Validation of a Personalized Social Media Platform-Based HIV Incidence Risk Assessment Tool for Men Who Have Sex With Men in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personalized risk assessments can help medical providers determine targeted populations for counseling and risk reduction interventions.

Objective

The objective of this study was to develop a social media platform-based HIV risk prediction tool for men who have sex with men (MSM) in China based on an independent MSM cohort to help medical providers determine target populations for counseling and risk reduction treatments.

Methods

A prospective cohort of MSM from Shenyang, China, followed from 2009 to 2016, was used to develop and validate the prediction model. The eligible MSM were randomly assigned to the training and validation dataset, and Cox proportional hazards regression modeling was conducted using predictors for HIV seroconversion selected by the t

SUBMITTER: Yun K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6604506 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature