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Scoping and Rapid Reviews
Scoping and Rapid Reviews
https://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/resources/publications/alliancehpsr_rrguide_trainingslides.pdf
Rapid reviews balance rigour, relevance and timelines!!
Standards that can be altered in Rapid
reviews
• Scope: Limit in number of studies included
• Comprehensiveness: reduce search databases, date, language
• Rigor: Eliminate dual study selection
• Synthesis: limit quality assessment of studies
Challenges of
optimal
production
and use of
Rapid Review
Limited
resources
Poor
acceptability
Distinctions between Knowledge Synthesis Methodologies
Scoping Review Rapid Review Systematic Review
Sources & Searches Comprehensive + research in progress Limited Comprehensive sources, explicit
strategies
Inclusion/Exclusion A priori with flexibility A priori & post hoc as appropriate A priori
Primary study design All publications Staged from SR to primary studies Typically RCT, occasional
observational studies
Selection/extraction of data Independently in duplicate 1 reviewer Independently
Appraisal for bias & quality None +/- Rigorous Rigorous
Synthesis Narrative w graphical representation Narrative +/- quantitative Narrative +/- quantitative
Inferences More descriptive Limited Evidence based