Fig. 1From: The impact of symptom distress on health-related quality of life in liver cancer patients receiving arterial chemoembolization: the mediating role of hopeResults of the mediation model. QOL = quality of life, SDs = symptom distress, a = direct effect of SDs on hope, b = direct effect of hope on QOL, c = total effect of SDs on QOL, c’=direct effect of SDs on QOL. * p < .05Back to article page