Table 4 Number of weeks required for each step of (a) the rapid review process, and (b) Decision box prototypes design for each decision box (considering 35 h/week for a single person)
Step | DB1-caregiver | DB2-agitation | DB3-driving | DB4-QoL | DB5-advanced directives | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A/Rapid review process | ||||||
Search for secondary literature sources | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 (0.2 ) |
First selection (secondary sources) | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 (0.2) |
Preliminary extraction | 2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 (1.0) |
Search for primary literature sources and grey literature | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 (0.8) |
Second selection (primary studies) | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 (0.5) |
Final extraction | 14.8 | 17.3 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 8.1 (6.8) |
Quality assessment | 3.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 (1) |
Redaction | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 (0) |
Data analysis and transformation | 3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 (0.97) |
Integration of expert input and formatting of references | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 (0.3) |
Total number of weeks (A, review processes) | 30 | 31 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 19 (10) |
B/decision box prototype design | ||||||
Adjustments to reading level and content | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 (0.2) |
Graphic design | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 (0.4) |
Total number of weeks (B, prototype design) | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1 (0.4) |
Total time (A + B) | 32 | 33 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 20 (11) |