Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in the Association Between Fatigue and Depressive Symptoms in Females with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Medicina (Kaunas) · 2025 · PMC12195232 · PMID 40572701

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.42not close (p > 0.1)

The direct effect of fatigue on depressive symptoms did not reach statistical significance after controlling for mediators and covariates (path c′: B = 0.32, p = 0.42), which suggests that the mediation effect is indeed present.

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