Factors associated with the level of self-management in elderly patients with chronic diseases: a pathway analysis

Table 4 Results of mediation effect tests between psychological capital, family functioning, sources of meaning in life and self-management, and hypothesis testing

	Path	Estimate	S.E.	Bias-corrected 95%CI	Effect Ratio (%)	Results
	Indirect Effect
H3a	X→M→Y	0.166	0.085	0.042,0.391	37.64	Accepted
H3b	N→M→Y	0.231	0.105	0.040,0.452	53.97	Accepted
	Direct Effect
H1b	X→M	0.451	0.095	0.264,0.635	-	Accepted
H2b	N→M	0.628	0.056	0.512,0.731	-	Accepted
H1a	X→Y	0.275	0.138	0.003,0.543	62.36	Accepted
H2a	N→Y	0.198	0.095	0.001,0.369	46.26	Accepted
H1c	M→Y	0.367	0.138	0.054,0.683	-
	Total Effect
H1a	X→Y	0.441	0.092	0.260,0.614	100	Accepted
H2a	N→Y	0.428	0.057	0.310,0.535	100	Accepted

Note: X is psychological capital; M is Sources of meaning in life; N is Family functioning; Y is Self-management

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