Social support and medication adherence among adult myasthenia gravis patients in China: the mediating role of mental health and self-efficacy

Table 3 Direct and indirect mediation effect in the proposed model

Path	Coefficient (95% CI)	Standard Error	P-value	Relative mediation effect
Total effect	0.11 (0.04, 0.17)	0.03	0.001
Direct effect
Social support➔ Medication adherence	0.03 (-0.04, 0.09)	0.03	0.38
Total indirect effect	0.08 (0.05, 0.10)	0.01	< 0.001
Specific indirect effect
Social support ➔Mental distress➔ Medication adherence	0.002 (-0.003, 0.008)	0.003	0.48	——
Social support ➔Self-efficacy➔ Medication adherence	0.07 (0.04, 0.09)	0.01	< 0.001	63.8%
Social support ➔Mental distress➔ Self-efficacy➔ Medication adherence	0.01 (0.004, 0.01)	0.002	0.002	6.7%

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