Table 6 Mediation effects.

From: The impact of health beliefs on treatment decision conflict through treatment expectations mediation in patients with lumbar disc herniation

Path

B

S.E.

z

p

[Boot 95% CI]

HBs-> TEX-> TDC (ab)

–0.013

(0.005)

–2.313

0.000

[− 0.024, − 0.006]

HBs-> TDC(c’)

–0.223

(0.022)

–10.014

0.000

[− 0.266, − 0.179]

HBs-> TDC(c)

–0.236

(0.021)

–11.088

0.000

[− 0.275, − 0.191]

  1. B, mediation effect; S.E., standard error; CI or Square brackets, Bias-corrected 95% confidence interval. S.E. and CI are estimated based on 1000 Bootstrap samples TDC: Treatment Decision Conflict ; HBs: Health Belief ; TEX: Treatment Expectations.