Fig 1.
The theoretical model is based on Wilson and Cleary’s model.
①: Hypothesis 1 of the current study; ②: Hypothesis 2 of the current study; ③: Hypothesis 3 of the current study. BSE: Balance Self-Efficacy; HRQL: Health-Related Quality of Life; QoL: Quality of Life. The arrows represent the hypothesized directional relationships between the variables in the model.
Table 1.
Demographic and clinical information.
Table 2.
Correlations among variables.
Table 3.
Path analysis.
Fig 2.
Model fit (χ2 = 14.233,χ2/df = 4.744, p = 0.002. RMSEA = 0.075, SRMR = 0.010, TLI = 0.981, CFI = 0.994).
Mini-BEST: mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test; BRS: Brunnstrom; BSE: Balance self-efficacy; QoL: Quality of Life. This model is consistent with hypotheses 1 and 2 of the theoretical model. BSE and Depressive symptoms are mediating variables between Physical capability and QoL.
Table 4.
The total, direct, and indirect effects.
Table 5.
Moderated analysis.
Fig 3.
Interactive effect of hypertension on the relationship between physical capability, QoL, and depressive symptoms.
This is consistent with the assumptions of Theoretical Model 3. Hypertension acts as a moderating variable between Physical capability and QoL.