Table 3.
Estimated coefficients of the tested mediation models for the total sample and stratified by country (outcome: psychological burden).
| Total effect | Direct effect | Indirect effect | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | SE | 95%CI | c' | SE | 95%CI | ab | SE | 95%CI | |
| Total sample | |||||||||
| Burden | 0.556 | 0.021 | 0.514–0.597 | 0.556 | 0.021 | 0.515–0.598 | −0.001 | 0.002 | −0.005–0.003 |
| Egypt | |||||||||
| Burden | 0.557 | 0.024 | 0.511–0.604 | 0.558 | 0.024 | 0.511–0.605 | −0.000 | 0.002 | −0.005–0.005 |
| UAE | |||||||||
| Burden | 0.549 | 0.047 | 0.457–0.642 | 0.551 | 0.047 | 0.459–0.653 | −0.002 | 0.004 | −0.012–0.006 |
SE, standard error, 95%CI, confidence interval computed bootstrapping at 10,000 samples, c, relationship between depressive symptoms and psychological burden, c', relationship between depressive symptoms and psychological burden with the inclusion of physical activity in the model, ab, combined effect of paths a and b.