Table 3.

Mediating effect model of hot flash and anxiety and PSQI

Effect	Pathway	Non-standard pathway	Standardized pathway	Standard error	P value	95% CI confidence levels
						Lower	Upper
Direct effect	Hot flashes → PSQI	0.091	0.429	0.012	0.000	0.069	0.116
Intermediate effect	Hot flashes → SAS → PSQI	0.020	0.094	0.006	0.004	0.008	0.033
Overall effect	–	0.112	0.523	0.010	0.000	0.091	0.132

Percentage of intermediate effect: 0.020/0.112 = 17.86%