Preferences of Caregivers of People with Dementia for Respite Care: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Table 3

Utility estimates for respite care attributes.

Attributes and levels	Coefficient (β)	SE		95% CI
Content
Night care for PwD (reference)
House keeping	0.359	0.089	<0.001	0.122, 0.594
Assistance with personal care for PwD by day	0.856	0.135	<0.001	0.607, 1.104
Escorting PwD to hospital	0.448	0.102	<0.001	0.214, 0.682
Provider
An inexperienced worker (reference)
An experienced worker	0.869	0.113	<0.001	0.653, 1.085
An experienced worker with attitudes of understanding and respect towards PwD	1.297	0.119	<0.001	1.021, 1.574
Duration
As long as needed (reference)
Less than 4 h every time	0.092	0.083	0.267	−0.078, 0.262
More than 4 h every time	0.483	0.074	<0.001	0.317, 0.648
Frequency
Available only for emergencies (reference)
Less than 3 times per week regularly	0.332	0.082	<0.001	0.171, 0.494
More than 3 times per week regularly	1.169	0.090	<0.001	0.891, 1.447
Cost per week	−0.002	0.001	<0.001	−0.004, −0.001
Log likelihood	3613.657
No. of observations	3864
No. of respondents	322
AIC	8426.556
BIC	8867.469

SE, standard error. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval. AIC, Akaike information criterion. BIC, Bayesian information criterion.