The direct, indirect and total effects between variables of the study (N = 400)
| Caused variables | Affected variables | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional status | Alcohol consumption | Illness perception | Fatigue | |||||||||
| TE | IE | DE | TE | IE | DE | TE | IE | DE | TE | IE | DE | |
| Social support | 0.744** | 0.202** | 0.542** | −0.330** | – | −0.330** | −0.432** | – | −0.432** | |||
| Alcohol consumption | −0.231** | −0.055** | −0.176** | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.252** | – | 0.252** |
| Illness perception | −0.291** | −0.028* | −0.263** | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.128* | – | 0.128* |
| Fatigue | −0.218** | – | −0.218** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| R–square | 0.713** | 0.109** | 0.186** | 0.089** | ||||||||
| Caused variables | Affected variables | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional status | Alcohol consumption | Illness perception | Fatigue | |||||||||
| TE | IE | DE | TE | IE | DE | TE | IE | DE | TE | IE | DE | |
| Social support | 0.744** | 0.202** | 0.542** | −0.330** | – | −0.330** | −0.432** | – | −0.432** | |||
| Alcohol consumption | −0.231** | −0.055** | −0.176** | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.252** | – | 0.252** |
| Illness perception | −0.291** | −0.028* | −0.263** | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.128* | – | 0.128* |
| Fatigue | −0.218** | – | −0.218** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 0.713** | 0.109** | 0.186** | 0.089** | |||||||||
Note(s): *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, TE = total effect, IE = indirect effect, DE = direct effect