Table 3.

Results of the chain mediating effect based on Bootstrapping Test.

95% CI
	Effect			SE		LLCI		ULCI
Dependent variable: DASS-21 Anxiety scores
Physical symptoms → Need for health information → Anxiety
	0.001			0.001		-0.001		0.004
Physical symptoms → Need for health information → Perceived impact of the pandemic → Anxiety
	0.004			0.001		0.002		0.007
Physical symptoms → Perceived impact of the pandemic → Anxiety
	0.105			0.01		0.08		0.13
Dependent variable: DASS-21 Depression scores
Physical symptoms → Need for health information → Depression
	-0.001			0.001		-0.003		0.001
Physical symptoms → Need for health information → perceived impact of the pandemic → Depression
	0.003			0.001		0.001		0.006
Physical symptoms → Perceived impact of the pandemic → Depression
	0.086			0.009		0.068		0.104
Dependent variable: DASS-21 Stress scores
Physical symptoms → Need for health information → Stress
	-0.001			0.001		-0.003		0.0003
Physical symptoms → Need for health information → Perceived impact of events → Stress
	0.003			0.001		0.001		0.005
Physical health → Perceived impact of events → Stress
	0.08			0.01		0.06		0.10