Table 2.
Profile analysis of individual-level relative preference weights from conjoint analysis given mild and severe depression scenarios
| Mild depression | Severe depression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profile 1 | Profile 2 | Profile 3 | Profile 1 | Profile 2 | Profile 3 | |
| Type of treatment | ||||||
| Medication vs. counseling | −5.68* | −0.15 | 5.86* | −4.79 | 0.81 | 6.20 |
| Side effect of medication | ||||||
| Nausea vs. sexual dysfunction | 0.17 | 0.20 | −0.27 | 0.96 | 1.83 | −1.91 |
| Dizziness vs. sexual dysfunction | −0.01 | −0.65 | 0.31 | 0.55 | 3.01 | −1.76 |
| Severity of medication side effect | ||||||
| Mild vs. severe | 2.23* | 6.82* | −0.93 | −1.82 | −2.15 | 3.18* |
| Moderate vs. severe | 0.09 | −4.52* | 2.03* | −0.71 | −0.71 | 1.20 |
| Frequency of counseling | ||||||
| Weekly vs. every 2 weeks | −0.60 | 0.64 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.30 | −0.58 |
| Location of counseling | ||||||
| Clergy vs. mental health | 0.23 | 0.95 | −0.68 | 1.76* | −10.35* | 1.12 |
| Primary care vs. mental health | 0.06 | 0.79 | −0.43 | −0.23* | 2.34* | −0.48 |
| Profile prevalence (%) | 41 | 18 | 41 | 50 | 13 | 37 |
Reproduced from Wittink et al. [43], with permission from Sawtooth Software, Inc.
Favoring the first attribute mentioned in the row is associated with a positive mean relative preference weight for persons with that profile. A negative mean indicates that the second attribute mentioned was favored
Asterisk indicates the estimate is statistically different from zero (p < 0.05)