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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Oct 15;41(20):1621–1627. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001563

Table 5.

Analysis of mediating effects


Dependent variable
Oswestry Disability
Independent variable Mediator Direct effect Indirect effect Total effect Mediation
Fear Avoidance Depression, Anxiety 0.287c 0.142c 0.429c Partial
Depression Visual Analog Scale 0.209c 0.073b 0.282c Partial
Anxiety Visual Analog Scale 0.49a 0.70NSa 0.119b

Notes:

a

Not Significant;

b

P<0.05;

c

P<0.001.