Mobile Information Systems Usage and Doctor-Patient Relationships: An Empirical Study in China

Table 6

Multigroup test results.

Mediator	Path	PC1	PC2	SE1	SE2	T	Effect
Sex (Group1:Male) (Group2:Female)	SU - > TM	0.36	0.44	0.09	0.09	−6.32	Female > Male
	TM - > TH	0.56	0.60	0.08	0.07	−4.33	Female > Male
	TM - > TD	0.61	0.53	0.06	0.07	8.97	Male > Female
	TH - > PS	0.58	0.15	0.13	0.13	23.65	Male > Female
	TD - > PS	0.18	0.53	0.15	0.14	−17.96	Female > Male
	PS - > YH	0.51	0.30	0.10	0.10	16.09	Male > Female

Note., ; S_pooled = pooled estimator for the variance. t = t-statistic with N1 + N2 − 2 degrees of freedom. Ni = sample size of dataset for group i. SEi = standard error of path in structural model of group i. PCi = path coefficient in structural model of group i. O: support; X: not support. Significance levels: ,  < 0.05 and ,  < 0.01.