Table 4 Physicians’ preferences for HEN characteristics

From: Patients’ and professionals’ preferences in terms of the attributes of home enteral nutrition products in Spain. A discrete choice experiment

Attribute

Level

Partial utility

SE

P-value

RI

Weighted RI

Tolerability

Easy

3.32

0.036

<0.001

33.33%

33.33%

 

Hard

−3.32

    

Adaptation to comorbidities

Adaptable

2.11

0.121

<0.001

21.18%

21.18%

 

Not adaptable

−2.11

    

Nutrients and calories

Provides enough

2.42

0.089

<0.001

24.30%

24.30%

 

Does not provide enough

−2.42

    

Container characteristics

Easy to handle

1.18

0.308

<0.001

11.85%

11.85%

 

Harder to handle

−1.18

    

Connections

Easy to perform

0.93

0.395

<0.001

9.34%

9.34%

 

Hard to perform

−0.93

    

Information

Includes

NA

0

NA

NA

NA

 

Does not include

NA

    
  1. RI relative importance, SE standard errorand, NA not applicable