From: Pain, not chronic disease, is associated with the recurrence of depressive and anxiety disorders
Pain variables (IV) | Mediating variable (M) | Dependent variable (DV) | Effect of IV on M (a) | Effect of M on DV (b) | Direct effect (cā) | Indirect effect (a x b) | 95% CI (ab) | Total effect (c) | ||
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Effect | p | Effect | p | |||||||
Neck1 | Subthreshold depression severity | Recurrence of depression | 1.55** | .16** | .25 | .14 | .25 | (.14-.36)^ | .47 | .004 |
Back1 | 1.40** | .16** | .05 | .76 | .23 | (.13-.34)^ | .27 | .09 | ||
Head1 | 1.25** | .16** | .12 | .48 | .20 | (.11-.31)^ | .30 | .05 | ||
Abdominal1 | 1.79** | .16** | .35 | .06 | .28 | (.17-.41)^ | .60 | .001 | ||
Chest1 | 2.51** | .16** | .43 | .10 | .40 | (.23-.59)^ | .77 | .002 | ||
Joints1 | 1.21** | .16** | .16 | .37 | .19 | (.10-.30)^ | .34 | .04 | ||
Number of pain locations1 | .42** | .15** | .06 | .12 | .07 | (.04-.09)^ | .12 | .001 | ||
Chronic Pain Grade | Ā | Ā | .74** | .16** | .08 | .36 | .12 | (.07-.18)^ | .18 | .02 |