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. 2014 Dec 12;16(12):e287. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3542

Table 5.

Sobel test of the mediating effects of eHealth literacy on the association between individual factors and health behaviors.

Pathway Independent to dependent variable, β Sobel test P

Table 1 Table 3

Health status→functional eHealth literacy→eating .23 .21 1.96 .05
Majors→functional eHealth literacy→eating .08 .06 1.32 .19
Health concern→functional eHealth literacy→eating .30 .27 2.72 <.001
Health status→critical eHealth literacy→eating .23 .21 2.19 .02
Majors→critical eHealth literacy→eating .08 .06 1.17 .24
Health concern→critical eHealth literacy→eating .30 .27 2.39 .01
Frequency of health-related discussions→critical eHealth literacy→eating .10 .08 1.56 .11
Health status→functional eHealth literacy→exercise .24 .21 1.95 .05
Health concern→functional eHealth literacy→exercise .17 .13 2.09 .03
Health status→critical eHealth literacy→exercise .24 .21 2.18 .02
Health concern→critical eHealth literacy→exercise .17 .13 1.93 .05
Health status→critical eHealth literacy→sleep .27 .25 2.23 .02
Health concern→critical eHealth literacy→sleep .16 .13 0.01 .99