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Table 5 Direct, Indirect and total effect of stressors and mediators on postnatal depression among study participants (N = 895), Gondar town, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Causal mechanisms of postnatal depression among women in Gondar town, Ethiopia: application of a stress-process model with generalized structural equation modeling

Risk factors

Direct effect

β, SE

Indirect effect

β, SE

Total effect

β, SE

Antenatal depression

 Yes

0.29 (0.062) **

0.07 (0.036) *

0.36 (0.053) **

 No

reference

  

Low birth weight

 Yes

0.32 (0.064) **

 

0.32 (0.064) **

 No

reference

  

Self-reported labor complication

 Yes

0.09 (0.37) *

−0.004 (0.016)

0.087 (0.043) *

 No

reference

  

Postnatal care service

 Yes

−0.03 (0.089)

 

−0.03 (0.089)

 No

reference

  

History of CMD before pregnancy

  

 Yes

0.06 (0.032) *

0.05 (0.02) **

0.11 (0.03) **

 No

reference

  
  1. ** ≤ 0.001, * < 0.01. All β coefficients are standardized estimates