Table 4.

Mediation analysis

Effect	β	std.β	95% C.I.	S.E.	p-value
Medication adherence (continuous variable)
Total effect	−0.001	−0.013	−0.007~0.005	0.003	0.673
Indirect effect	−0.004	−0.039	−0.006~−0.002	0.001	<0.001
Path 1	−0.003	−0.032	−0.005~−0.002	0.001	<0.001
Path 2	0.000	−0.002	−0.001~0.001	0.000	0.561
Path 3	0.000	−0.004	−0.001~0.000	0.000	0.004
Direct effect	0.003	0.026	−0.004~0.009	0.003	0.411
Medication adherence (dichotomized variable)
Total effect	−0.002	−0.015	−0.012~0.009	0.006	0.735
Indirect effect	−0.006	−0.050	−0.010~−0.003	0.002	<0.001
Path 1	−0.005	−0.042	−0.008~−0.003	0.001	<0.001
Path 2	0.000	−0.003	−0.003~0.001	0.001	0.700
Path 3	−0.001	−0.005	−0.001~0.000	0.000	0.003
Direct effect	0.005	0.035	−0.006~0.016	0.006	0.423

Note: Path 1: Anticipated stigma---»ART self-efficacy---»Medication adherence.

Path 2: Anticipated stigma---»Medication support---»Medication adherence.

Path 3: Anticipated stigma---»Medication support---» ART self-efficacy ---»Medication adherence.

Total effect=indirect effect + direct effect.