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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 8.
Published in final edited form as: Patient. 2013;6(1):35–43. doi: 10.1007/s40271-013-0003-6

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)