Research Article

Sleep Quality and Subjective Cognitive Decline among Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Anxiety/Depression and Worries

Table 5

Bootstrap result of serial mediation analysis for anxiety/depression and worries between sleep quality and SCD.

PathsSelf-reported SCDOther reported SCD
β (SE) valueβ (SE) value

Total effect0.241 (0.037)≤0.0010.232 (0.039)≤0.001
Direct effect0.013 (0.024)0.5990.029 (0.026)0.262
Total indirect effect0.229 (0.035)0.203 (0.039)
Serial mediation model 1
 Mediation effect ( ⟶ anxiety/depression ⟶ )0.155 (0.031)0.128 (0.033)
 Mediation effect (X ⟶ worries ⟶ Y)0.045 (0.011)0.046 (0.012)
 Mediation effect ( ⟶ anxiety/depression ⟶ worries ⟶ )0.029 (0.008)0.029 (0.009)
Serial mediation model 2
 Mediation effect ( ⟶ anxiety/depression ⟶ )−0.014 (0.022)−0.012 (0.026)
 Mediation effect (X ⟶ worries ⟶ Y)0.074 (0.017)0.075 (0.017)
 Mediation effect ( ⟶ worries ⟶ anxiety/depression ⟶ )0.169 (0.024)0.140 (0.028)

Note.aX = sleep quality; bY = SCD;  = significant at the 0.05 level (two tailed).