Wait workflow till the item field is changed. Approved or rejected

Hello guys.
i have to make a sharepoint list where the people can put their leave requests and then the manager approves or rejects it.
In my workflow on sharepoint designer, I have put a wait condition. [Wait for Approval Status to equal 0;#Approved]
This way i can send an email to the person who requested when the approval status is changed to accepted. But how can I do the same when the request is rejected?
Please help.
THanks

Hi Irfan,
Create a calculated field "StatusChange" , if status is equal to "Approve" or "Reject" set it to 1 else set it to 0.
In workflow wait till StatusChange is changed to 1 n then put If conditions and send mails accordingly.
I hope it will work.
Thanks
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