Periodontal status, perceived stress, diabetes mellitus and oral hygiene care on quality of life: a structural equation modelling analysis

Table 4 Indirect effects for the Andersen model

Effect	ß	Bootstrap SE	Bias-corrected 95% CI	% of total effect
Predisposing Factors - Oral Health Behaviors	0.01	0.01	−0.01 / 0.02	_ª
Predisposing Factors - Need	0.04	0.03	−0.01 / 0.10	6
Predisposing Factors - Perceived Oral Outcome	0.54	0.31	0.07 / 1.01**	_ª
Enabling - Need	0.04	0.03	0.01 / 0.10*	18
Enabling - Perceived Oral Outcome	0.16	0.09	0.02 / 0.33**	36
Oral Health Behaviors - Perceived Oral Outcome	−0.30	0.17	−0.67/ -0.09***	100

ß = bootstrapped standardized estimate; SE Standard error; CI Confidence interval
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
_ªCould not be calculated because of suppression effect

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