Fig. 1

Older citizens’ opinion on the most appropriate place of long-term care delivery expressed for 3 vignettes varying on continence status. The 3 vignettes presented a person with a same level of disability moderately affecting basic activities of daily living (moderate BADL), who lived with an able-bodied spouse. This fixed component included needs for help in preparing meals, housekeeping, shopping for groceries, getting out of bed in the morning, bathing and dressing, with preserved ability to get up from a chair and to walk inside. The 3 vignettes varied on continence. The first (hereafter BADL only) was limited to the fixed component and did not mention continence problems. The second added the presence of urine incontinence (BADL+UI). The third added mixed (urinary and fecal) incontinence (BADL+MI). Information given in the vignette specified that the disabled person could not manage alone his or her incontinence and lives with an able-bodied spouse. There was a significant difference in LTC choices depending on incontinence severity displayed in the vignette (Friedman test, p < 0.001)