Mediating effect of digital health literacy between preventive health service utilization and mental health among hospital personnel

Figure 1 Pathway diagram of the mediating effect of digital health literacy between preventive health service utilization and psychological distress among hospital staff. Path coefficients are shown along the arrows: Preventive health service utilization (PHSU) to digital health literacy (DHL): β = 0.33, P < 0.001; DHL to 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): β = -0.30, P < 0.001. Indirect effect through DHL: β = -0.10, 95% confidence interval (95%CI): -0.15 to -0.06 (accounting for 38.5% of the total effect). ^aDirect effect of PHSU on GHQ-12 after controlling for DHL: β = -0.16, 95%CI: -0.25 to -0.07; ^bTotal effect of PHSU on GHQ12: β = -0.26, 95%CI: -0.35 to -0.17. DHL: Digital health literacy; PHSU: Preventive health service utilization; GHQ-12: 12-item General Health Questionnaire.