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
| 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 |