Table 1.

Patient sample characteristics

Characteristic	n/18 (%)
Age range (years) 65–74 75–84 85–94	8 (44) 9 (50) 1 (6)
Gender Female Male	11(61) 7 (39)
Health conditions (self-report) Cancer (not in current treatment) Cardiovascular Depression Gastrointestinal Musculoskeletal Respiratory Urinary tract	2 8 2 3 2 6 1
Living alone	8 (44)
Recent hospital admission (last 6 months)	2 (12)
Indicators of low appetite / malnutrition risk* MUST score = 1 or more Self-report MUST = 1 or more Nurse measured MUST = 1 or more SNAQ score = 13 or less BMI = 20 or less Unintended weight loss in last 3 months	10 (56) 6 (33) 6 (33) 12 (67) 6 (33) 9 (50)

*Self-report or nurse-measured MUST (Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool) and SNAQ (Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire), BMI (weight/height²).