Hamidon 2006.

Methods	Single‐centre parallel randomised controlled trial Setting: 1 hospital in Malaysia; patients were discharged in one or two days after the intervention Sample size: not reported
Participants	23 patients; 11 male, 11 female; median age: PEG 65 (48 to 79), NGT 72 (54 to 77) Inclusion criteria: patients with acute Ischaemic stroke and persistent dysphagia for seven or more days Exclusion criteria: not related
Interventions	PEG (n = 10): pull technique, Wilson CooK silicone tube 24 FR, inserted by a doctor NGT (n = 12): Steril Cathline polyurethane tube, size 14 inserted by a nurse and checked by aspirating asteric contents
Outcomes	Nutritional status assessed by recording anthropometric parameters and nutritional markers Treatment failure
Notes	There was one dropout because it was impossible to contact the patient after four weeks
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Computer‐generated random table
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Not possible for this type of intervention; although only surgeons were responsible for the PEG and nurses by the NGT
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Information given by the patients by telephone, but blinding of outcome assessment was not explicitly stated by the study investigators
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Flow of patients was clearly reported (1 dropout due to failure to turn‐up)
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	Relevant outcomes were analysed
Other bias	Low risk	None suspected