The mediating role of hope in the relation between uncertainty and social support with self-management among patients with ESKD undergoing hemodialysis

Table 4 Results of mediation testing: bootstrap analysis

Mediation Hypothesis			Effect	BootSE	p	Boot LLCI 95%	Boot ULCI 95%	Result
H3	SS→hope→SM	Indirect effect1	0.121	0.045	0.000^***	0.047	0.228	Full Mediation
	SS→hope→SM	Direct effect1	0.326	0.096	0.000^***	0.132	0.505	Full Mediation
	Uncertainly →hope→SM	Indirect effect2	-0.014	0.027	0.028*	-0.114	-0.003	Full Mediation
	Uncertainly →hope→SM	Direct effect2	-0.200	0.079	0.008**	-0.365	-0.056	Full Mediation

***p< 0.001, **p<0.01, *p<0.05, ns, not significant; SS, social support; SM, self-management; LLCI, lower level of confidence interval; ULCI, upper level of confidence interval

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