This study considers social network interactions as a potential source of support for individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Iran. This\r\ncross-sectional study was conducted on 224 people with HIV/AIDS who refer to behavioral counseling centers. Participants were\r\nrandomly selected among all people with HIV/AIDS from these centers. Relatives were more reported as sources of support than\r\nnonrelatives. They were closer to participants, but there was difference between the closest type among relative and nonrelative\r\nsupporters (P = 0.01). Mean of functional support with considering the attainable range 0ââ?¬â??384 was low (126.74 (SD = 76.97)).\r\nSocial support of participants has been found to be associated with CD4 cell count (P = 0.000), sex (P = 0.049), and network size\r\n(P = 0.000) after adjusted for other variables in the final model. Totally, in this study, many of participants had the static social\r\nsupport network that contained large proportions of family and relatives.The findings contribute to the evidence for promotion of\r\nknowledge about social support network and social support of people living with HIV/AIDS
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