Distorted thoughts as a mediator of depressive symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder: a longitudinal study

Table 2 Summary of main mediation results

Model		0- > 8- > 12		0- > 8- > 24		0- > 12- > 24
IV- > MV- > DV		R2 (%)	CI LL;UL	R2 (%)	CI LL;UL	R2 (%)	CI LL;UL
F1
F1	HAMD	24.0^***	.07;.31	40.7^***	-.14;.26	19.3^**	-.02;.14
F1	MADRS	25.4^***	.12;.52	38.7^***	-.28;.30	20.5^**	-.08;.17
F1	BDI-II	28.0^***	.22;.77	32.5^**	.08;.83	21.5^*	.03;.63
F2	BDI-II	8.9	.04;.33	37.6^**	.25;.85	28.5^**	.02;.70
F2
F2	HAMD	33.8^***	.10;.61	30.7^***	-.05;.35	17.8^**	-0.06;.27
F2	MADRS	34.0^***	.20;.98	32.3^***	-.06;.64	18.2^**	-.08;.42
F2	BDI-II	33.9^***	.45;1.39	48.3^***	.51;1.56	36.2^**	.16;1.32
F1	BDI-II	3.9	-.09;.8	18.0^**	.05;1.03	6.9	-.06;.69

F1 DTS Scale Factor 1 (low self-esteem/ hopelessness), F2 DTS Scale Factor 2 (interpersonal relationship), HAMD Hamilton Depression Scale, MADRS Montgomery-Äsberg Depression Rating Scale, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory, LL Lower limit (2.5% CI), UL Upper limit (97.5% CI)
< 0.1; ^* < 0.05; ^** < 0.01; ^*** < 0.001

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