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Fig. 4

From: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward training of vascular access in chronic hemodialysis patients among nephrology fellows in Southwest China

Fig. 4

Mediation analysis. “Jobtitle” refers to the professional title; “major” refers to the professional background; “experience” indicates the working experience in nephrology; “leadsurgery” means having experience in leading a vascular access-related surgery or procedure, signifying the ability to independently perform vascular access surgeries. The arrow originates from the factor influencing the factor pointed by the arrow. The numbers besides the arrows are the β coefficients. The rectangles are the observed variables. The circles are latent (or unobserved) variables that are included in the model to improve the fit. The numbers in the boxes are the variable weight.

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