Table 3.

Direct, indirect, and total effects of the study variables in model 1

	β	SE	Percentile 95% CI		Bias-corrected percentile 95% CI		P value
			Lower	Upper	Lower	Upper
Standardized direct effect
Social support → Medication adherence	0.165	0.028	0.110	0.220	0.106	0.228	< 0.001
Health literacy → Medication adherence	0.291	0.032	0.228	0.355	0.224	0.366	< 0.001
Education level → Medication adherence	−0.034	0.026	−0.085	0.016	−0.082	0.015	0.170
Social support → Health literacy	0.298	0.032	0.236	0.360	0.243	0.367	< 0.001
Education level → Health literacy	0.275	0.026	0.225	0.326	0.219	0.329	< 0.001
Education level → Social support	0.293	0.024	0.245	0.341	0.235	0.357	< 0.001
Standardized indirect effect
Education level → Social support → Medication adherence	0.048	0.009	0.030	0.067	0.031	0.069	< 0.001
Education level → Health literacy → Medication adherence	0.080	0.012	0.056	0.104	0.057	0.107	< 0.001
Education level → Social support → Health literacy → Medication adherence	0.025	0.005	0.016	0.035	0.017	0.037	< 0.001
Social support → Health literacy → Medication adherence	0.087	0.014	0.060	0.114	0.062	0.117	< 0.001
Education level → Social support → Health literacy	0.087	0.013	0.063	0.112	0.064	0.115	< 0.001
Standardized total effect
Education level → Medication adherence	0.119	0.024	0.073	0.166	0.073	0.166	< 0.001
Social support → Medication adherence	0.252	0.028	0.196	0.307	0.190	0.319	< 0.001
Education level → Health literacy	0.363	0.023	0.318	0.408	0.311	0.414	< 0.001

Standardized total effect refers to standardized direct effect plus standardized indirect effect