As part of my PhD looking at oral heath interventions for children and adolescents with disabilities, I am planning a Realist Synthesis. This is a very wide topic and I would value your thoughts on how to determine the focus of the synthesis. I was considering doing a Rapid Realist Review of the wider topic to find out what is known about the topic and how much information is out there relative to the different types of interventions and different disabilities and based on the findings determine a much more focused topic for the realist synthesis.
My question is: Is a RRR a suitable way to determine the focus or would a scoping exercise pretty much do the same thing? My feeling is the RRR would allow me to find the studies of more relevance and serve as a useful “practice run” in developing the skills required for a realist synthesis.
Is a RRR a scoping exercise by another name?
I would very much welcome any advice or comments.
Many thanks
Catherine
Catherine Waldron RDH, MSc, MA(Health Promotion)
PhD Student, Special Care Dentistry,
Dublin Dental University Hospital,
Trinity College, Dublin.
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