Table 5.
Mediation analysis of Medical Mistrust Multiformat Scale (MMMS) on Cynical Distrust Scale (CDS)—total vaccine hesitancy (TVH) relationship.
| Variable | b | SE | t | p | 95% Confidence Interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLCI | ULCI | |||||
| CDS → MMMS | 0.3408 | 0.0409 | 8.3313 | 0.0000 | 0.2603 | 0.4212 |
| CDS → TVH | 0.0924 | 0.0201 | 4.5889 | 0.0000 | 0.0528 | 0.1320 |
| CDS → MMMS → TVH | 0.0810 | 0.0248 | 3.2594 | 0.0012 | 0.0321 | 0.1298 |
| Effects | ||||||
| Direct | 0.0648 | 0.0216 | 2.9983 | 0.0029 | 0.0223 | 0.1073 |
| Indirect * | 0.0276 | 0.0093 | 2.9677 | 0.0097 | 0.0470 | |
| Total | 0.0924 | 0.0201 | 4.5889 | 0.0000 | 0.0528 | 0.1320 |
* Based on 5000 bootstrap samples. Abbreviations: CDS, Cynical Distrust Scale; MMMS, Medical Mistrust Multiformat Scale; TVH, total vaccine hesitancy. Note: Work experience and age were included in the analysis as covariate variables. They are not shown in the table as they did not give significant statistical results (p > 0.05).