Relationship between Eating Alone and Poor Appetite Using the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire

< 0.001). Multivariable logistic regression (OR; 95%CI) was performed and poor appetite was significantly associated with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score (1.707; 1.200-2.427), the number of medications (1.061; 1.007-1.118), JST score (0.894; 0.841-0.950), the indication of "very healthy" on a self-rated health scale (0.343; 0.152-0.774), and reports of eating alone (1.751; 1.130-2.712). Our results suggest that eating alone is associated with a poor appetite.