Table 3 Comparison of RRR and ‘traditional’ realist review methods
From: A time-responsive tool for informing policy making: rapid realist review
RRR method | Full realist review method |
|---|---|
▪ Examine interactions between mechanisms, context and outcomes | ▪ Examine interactions between mechanisms, context and outcomes |
▪ Short-term (3- to 6-month turnaround) | ▪ Longer term (12- to 24-month turnaround) |
▪ Responsive to local policy needs | ▪ Reponsive to local policy needs |
▪ Results are utilization-focused | ▪ Results are utilization-focused |
▪ Includes both reference group and expert panel | ▪ Likely includes a reference group (or something similar); there is no standard for involvement of an expert panel |
▪ Involvement of expert panel allows for conclusions and recommendations to be developed from an emerging/nascent literature | ▪ Includes both published and grey literature, search process is comprehensive (until the point of theory saturation), and program theories can be developed over a period of months. |