Table 3.

Mediation Analysis Examining the Association of Team-Initiated SMs and Self-management Behavior and Self-efficacy, Mediated by Perceived Autonomy Supportive Health Care Climate (HCCQ score)

Outcome	Diabetes self-management				Diabetes self-efficacy
	β	SE	t	p	β	SE	t	p
Model predicting perceived autonomy support
Age	0.02	0.01	1.79	0.07	0.02	0.01	1.50	0.135
Gender	− 0.22	0.43	− 0.50	0.616	− 0.32	0.41	− 0.77	0.443
Income	0.52	0.18	2.83	0.005	0.50	0.18	2.72	0.007
Team-initiated secure messages	0.43	0.21	2.01	0.046	0.39	0.21	1.85	0.065
Model predicting outcome variable
Age	0.02	0.01	2.52	0.012	0.01	0.01	0.65	0.513
Gender	− 0.50	0.20	− 2.43	0.016	− 0.73	0.42	− 1.74	0.083
Income	0.01	0.01	1.33	0.184	− 0.16	0.19	− 0.87	0.387
Team-initiated secure messages*	− 0.09	0.10	− 0.83	0.406	0.01	0.22	0.06	0.951
Perceived autonomy support	0.09	0.02	3.66	< 0.001	0.25	0.05	4.92	< 0.001
Indirect effect†	Indirect	SE	95% CI		Indirect	SE	95% CI
	0.04	0.02	0.003, 0.082		0.10	0.05	− 0.003, 0.214

*The direct effect of receiving at least one team-initiated SM on the outcome

†The indirect effect of receiving at least one team-initiated SM on the outcome, as mediated by perceived autonomy support