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. 2020 Mar 17;20:168. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-02859-2

Table 4.

Direct, Indirect and total effect of stressors and mediators on antenatal depression score among study participants (N = 916), Gondar town, Ethiopia, 2018

Pathways Direct effect β, SE Indirect effect β, SE Total effect β, SE

Marital agreement

never (1)---rarely(2)---sometimes(3)---most of the time (4)

−0.20(0.055)a −0.08(0.008)a −0.28(0.056)a

Partner support

Never(1)---rarely(2)---some of the time (3) ---most of the time(4)---always (5)

−0.14(0.041)a −0.04(0.009)a −0.18(0.041)a
Social support scale (0---14) −0.21(0.081)a −0.21(0.081)a
Adequate food access in the last 3 months
 Yes −0.11(0.181)a −0.04(0.07)b −0.15(0.191)a
Intention for the current pregnancy
 Unplanned 0.15(0.995)a 0.11(0.05)a 0.26(0.103)a
Fear of giving birth to the current pregnancy
 Yes 0.29(0.082)a 0.01(0.027) 0.30(0.087)a
History of common mental health disorder
 Yes 0.18(0.135)a −0.01(0.032) 0.17(0.137)a

a ≤ 0.001, b < 0.01, β is standardized estimate