Mediating role of social support in dysphoria, despondency, and quality of life in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

Table 10 Results of the mediation effect test

	The path		Coeff	SE	LLCI	ULCI	Relative effect Size (%)
Dysphoria	Direct effect	Dysphoria → Quality of life (PCS)	-0.266	0.088	-0.439	-0.094	30.61
	Indirect effect	Dysphoria → Social support → Quality of life (PCS)	-0.603	0.064	-0.731	-0.482	69.39
	Total effect		-0.869	0.087	-1.041	-0.698
Dysphoria	Direct effect	Dysphoria → Quality of life (MCS)	-0.330	0.098	-0.521	-0.137	40.10
	Indirect effect	Dysphoria → Social support → Quality of life (MCS)	-0.493	0.071	-0.644	-0.366	59.90
	Total effect		-0.823	0.090	-0.999	-0.647
Despondency	Direct effect	Despondency → Quality of life (PCS)	-0.372	0.082	-0.533	-0.212	41.52
	Indirect effect	Despondency → Social support → Quality of life (PCS)	-0.524	0.063	-0.659	-0.412	50.48
	Total effect		-0.896	0.084	-1.061	-0.732
Despondency	Direct effect	Despondency → Quality of life (MCS)	-0.232	0.093	-0.416	-0.048	32.36
	Indirect effect	Despondency → Social support → Quality of life (MCS)	-0.485	0.065	-0.620	-0.367	67.64
	Total effect		-0.717	0.090	-0.894	-0.539

LLCI: Lower limit of 95%CI; ULCI: Upper limit of 95%CI; PCS: Physical component summary; MCS: Mental component summary.