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Table 2 Total effect, direct effect, indirect effect

From: The mediating effect of health anxiety in the relationship between functional somatic symptoms and illness behavior in Chinese inpatients with depression

 

Path

β(standardization)

Bootstrop 95% CI

P

PHQ-15 → SAIB

Total effect (c)

−0.56

− 0.63~ − 0.48

< 0.001

Direct effect (c’)

−0.32

− 0.43~ − 0.21

< 0.001

Indirect effect (a x b)

−0.24

− 0.31~ − 0.18

< 0.001

  1. Note: SAIB: the Scale for the Assessment of Illness Behavior (assessing illness behavior); PHQ-15: the Patient Health Questionnaire (assessing somatic symptoms)