Table 5 Mediating role of health-related outcome expectations.

From: Empowering older adults: bridging the digital divide in online health information seeking

Intermediate path

Path coefficient

SE

T-value

Bootstrap 95% CIs

Lower

Upper

SE → OE → HSIS

0.176***

0.034

5.180

0.113

0.246

SE → HSIS

−0.051 ns

0.059

0.865

−0.169

0.063

Total effects

0.125*

0.054

2.317

0.019

0.232

  1. ns: not significant; *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001.