Exploring the mechanism of self-management: the role of social support, self-efficacy, and health literacy based on meta-analytic structural equation modeling
Irrespective of the age group, be it the elderly or middle-aged, health literacy significantly and positively influences self-management. Both health literacy and social support contribute positively to self-management by bolstering self-efficacy, with health literacy assuming a primary role in this relationship.
Authors
- Ruiqi Huang
- Yanbo Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4108-2025)
- Jiaxin Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9741-9443)
- Jiayi Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8915-3518)
- J. Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0829-8097)
Institutions
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Nantong University (CN)
- Second People's Hospital of NanTong (CN)
- Wuxi Third People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24860-0
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82