Outcomes presented in the survey
| Category | Outcomes |
| Child physical health | Better general health (eg, less colds or infections) |
| Better sitting | |
| Fewer abnormal or unusual movements | |
| Fewer/shorter hospital admissions | |
| Improved nutrition | |
| Increased growth | |
| Less pain | |
| Weight gain | |
| Eating, drinking and swallowing performance | Better coordination of swallowing and breathing |
| Better oral-motor function (eg, chewing, biting) | |
| Fewer breathing changes (any of rate, noise, effort, coughing, antibiotics courses, chest infections) linked to eating, drinking and swallowing | |
| Less aversion/avoidance of particular foods | |
| Less drooling | |
| Less food/drink spilled from lips | |
| More food/drink consumed | |
| Shorter mealtimes | |
| Wider range of foods eaten | |
| Child’s quality of life and participation | Better mealtime one to one interaction with child |
| Better quality of life for child | |
| Better self-feeding/independence skills | |
| Child able to communicate better for example, to express preferences or make choices | |
| Child enjoys mealtimes more | |
| Child less frustrated or distressed at mealtimes | |
| More involvement in family’s activities for example, eating with family or outside of the home | |
| Parent/carer/family-related outcomes | Being able to eat a meal somewhere outside the home |
| Better understanding of child’s difficulties and strategies to support them | |
| Less food waste/reduced cost of food | |
| Less parental/carer stress | |
| More opportunity to talk to others about feelings about child’s eating and drinking difficulties | |
| Not having to prepare separate meals for the child | |
| Parent/carer enjoys mealtimes more | |
| Parent/carer less frustrated or distressed at mealtimes |