The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 3 Mediation with perceived social support as a predictor, quality of life as a dependent variable and depression as a mediator with unstandardized estimates

From: Improving depression and perceived social support enhances overall quality of life among myocardial infarction survivors: necessity for integrating mental health care into cardiac rehabilitation programs

Mediation estimates
Effect	Estimate	SE	95% confidence interval		z	p	% Mediation
Effect	Estimate	SE	Lower	Upper	z	p	% Mediation
Indirect	0.1528	0.0147	0.1239	0.1811	10.39	< 0.001	75.3
Direct	0.0502	0.0127	0.0255	0.0782	3.95	< 0.001	24.7
Total	0.2030	0.0157	0.1695	0.2321	12.90	< 0.001	100.0

Path estimates
			Estimate	SE	95% confidence interval		z	p
			Estimate	SE	Lower	Upper	z	p
MSPSS	→	CDS	− 5.9664	0.50045	− 6.8537	−4.8853	− 11.92	< 0.001
CDS	→	QoL Total	− 0.0256	0.00176	− 0.0290	− 0.0221	− 14.55	< 0.001
MSPSS	→	QoL Total	0.0502	0.01271	0.0255	0.0782	3.95	< 0.001

The confidence interval for the indirect effect is a BCa bootstrapped CI based on 5000 samples

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