Social support and depressive symptoms among family caregivers of older people with disabilities in four provinces of urban China: the mediating role of caregiver burden

Table 4 Models of the mediating role of caregiver burden in the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms

	β	SE	Z	P	OR (95%CI)
Total effect (c)^a	−0.399	0.020	−13.41	< 0.001	0.671(0.633–0.712)
Direct effect (c’)^a	−0.256	0.024	−8.23	< 0.001	0.774(0.728–0.823)
Indirect effect (ab = c –c’)^a	− 0.142	0.867	0.018	< 0.001	0.867(0.832–0.904)

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