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Table 4 Indirect and total effects in the revised structural equation model for non-cardiac chest pain patients with or without history of cardiac disease

From: The associations between psychological distress and healthcare use in patients with non-cardiac chest pain: does a history of cardiac disease matter?

 

Depressive symptoms

Somatization

Fear of body sensations

Cardiac anxiety

Healthcare visits

Indirect

Total

Indirect

Total

Indirect

Total

Indirect

Total

Indirect

Total

Patients with history of cardiac disease, n = 188

 Depressive symptoms

–

–

–

0.83

0.79

0.79

0.30

0.85

0.62

0.62

 Somatization

–

–

–

–

–

0.95

0.36

0.36

0.26

0.26

 Fear of body sensations

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.38

0.28

0.28

 Cardiac anxiety

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.72

Patients with no history of cardiac disease, n = 360

 Depressive symptoms

–

–

–

0.84

0.47

0.47

0.11

0.70

0.33

0.33

 Somatization

–

–

–

–

–

0.56

0.13

0.13

0.06

0.06

 Fear of body sensations

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.24

0.11

0.11

 Cardiac anxiety

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.46