Table 4.

Results of mediation analysis between social support and self-management activation.

Effect	β	SE	95%CI		Relative mediation effect (%)
			Lower limit	Upper limit
Direct effect	0.164	0.072	0.053	0.289	24.2%
Indirect effect	0.514	0.053	0.430	0.605	75.8%
Total effect	0.678	0.042	0.605	0.743	100%
1 → 2 → 4	0.371	0.066	0.265	0.481	54.7%
1 → 3 → 4	0.056	0.028	0.016	0.108	8.3%
1 → 2 → 3 → 4	0.087	0.041	0.021	0.156	12.8%

1, social support; 2, acceptance of illness, 3, fatigue; 4, self-management activation.