Table 1.
Characteristics and quality of the included RCTs.
| Study | Year | Country | Design | Sample size | Double blind | Withdrawals/dropouts (NG/NJ) | Randomization | Jadad score |
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| Eatock et al. [19] | 2005 | UK | RCT | NG (27) NJ (22) |
No | 0/1 | Yes | 3 |
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| Kumar et al. [18] | 2006 | India | RCT | NG (16) NJ (14) |
No | 0/1 | Yes | 3 |
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| Singh et al. [20] | 2012 | India | RCT | NG (39) NJ (39) |
No | 0/0 | Yes | 3 |
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| Zonghan et al. [25] | 2015 | China | RCT | NG (40) NJ (40) |
No | 0/0 | Yes | 3 |
The modified Jadad score was used to evaluate the quality of the included trials.
NG, nasogastric nutrition; NJ, nasojejunal nutrition.