Table 1 Sample characteristic and outcomes of interest

Age, years

86.8 (7.8)

Sex, male (%)

31.2

Moderate/severe cognitive impairment, (CPS^a score ≥ 3), yes (%)

55.5

Ed-FED-Q Score^a

12.4 (2.3)

Other eating behaviors Score (maximum = 27)^a

10.6 (1.6)

Activity of daily living Scale^a

15.0 (7.8)

Physical assistance (sometimes or often) with eating required^a (%)

22.9

Total number of diagnoses

5.4 (2.0)

Any ONS prescribed, yes (%)

30.5

MTD (IDDSI category 3–5), yes (%)

33.0

 CC, cm

33.3 (4.8)

 CC < 31cm^b (%)

32.6

 MNA-SF

10.7 (2.5)

  Malnourished/At risk of malnutrition (MNA-SF < 12) (%)

53.3

 PG-SGA (Malnutrition = B/C) (%)

43.5