Table 5.

Results of hypothesis testing.

Hypothesis	Path coefficient	t	P value
H1: Patients’ eHealth literacy is positively associated with physician-patient communication in OHCs.	0.849	46.484	<.001
H2: Patients’ eHealth literacy is positively associated with patients’ internet health information–seeking behavior in OHCs.	0.732	26.479	<.001
H3: Patients’ eHealth literacy is positively associated with patients’ perceived quality of internet health information in OHCs.	0.822	33.227	<.001
H4: Physician-patient communication in OHCs is positively associated with patient adherence.	0.429	4.423	<.001
H5: Patients’ internet health information–seeking behavior in OHCs is positively associated with patient adherence.	0.156	2.408	0.02
H6: Patients’ perception of internet health information quality is positively associated with patient adherence.	0.247	2.918	0.004