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Table 5 Hypothesis testing results

From: What drives the adoption of online health communities? An empirical study from patient-centric perspective

Hypothesis

Path Coefficient

t-value

p-value

Significance

Supported

H1:PE→BI

0.16

2.99

0.00**

Significant

Yes

H2: EE→BI

0.14

3.76

0.00***

Significant

Yes

H3: SI→BI

0.09

1.97

0.05*

Significant

Yes

H4:FC→UB

0.10

2.21

0.03*

Significant

Yes

H5:BI→UB

0.60

11.65

0.00***

Significant

Yes

H6: PR→BI

0.04

1.04

0.30

Not Significant

No

H7: PV→BI

0.21

4.86

0.00***

Significant

Yes

H8: EL→BI

0.36

5.89

0.00***

Significant

Yes

H9: RQ→BI

0.10

1.98

0.05*

Significant

Yes

  1. ***=p < 0.001.
  2. **=p < 0.01.
  3. *=p < 0.05.
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