Antenatal depression and its potential causal mechanisms among pregnant mothers in Gondar town: application of structural equation model

Table 4 Direct, Indirect and total effect of stressors and mediators on antenatal depression score among study participants (N = 916), Gondar town, Ethiopia, 2018

Pathways	Direct effect β, SE	Indirect effect β, SE	Total effect β, SE
Marital agreement never (1)---rarely(2)---sometimes(3)---most of the time (4)	−0.20(0.055)^a	−0.08(0.008)^a	−0.28(0.056)^a
Partner support Never(1)---rarely(2)---some of the time (3) ---most of the time(4)---always (5)	−0.14(0.041)^a	−0.04(0.009)^a	−0.18(0.041)^a
Social support scale (0---14)	−0.21(0.081)^a	–	−0.21(0.081)^a
Adequate food access in the last 3 months
Yes	−0.11(0.181)^a	−0.04(0.07)^b	−0.15(0.191)^a
Intention for the current pregnancy
Unplanned	0.15(0.995)^a	0.11(0.05)^a	0.26(0.103)^a
Fear of giving birth to the current pregnancy
Yes	0.29(0.082)^a	0.01(0.027)	0.30(0.087)^a
History of common mental health disorder
Yes	0.18(0.135)^a	−0.01(0.032)	0.17(0.137)^a

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