Response to letter from Dr Riegel and Mr James

ThankyoufortheopportunitytorespondtotheLettertotheEditor from Dr Riegel and Mr James dated 18 February 2021 regarding our recently published paper Meeting support needs for informal caregiversofpeoplewithheartfailure:arapidreview.Weappreciateand respecttheimportanceofacademic discussion and debate, acknowledgingtherewillbedifferencesofopinions. Our paper acknowledged that there are disadvantages and limitations to the use of rapid reviewsprimarily due to the lack of consistent methodology behind the review and thus potential lack of rigorous assessment behind the methodologies utilized.1,2 There are manybenefitstoconductingarapidreview,andithasbeensuggested that a rapid review is a useful method as an initial examination of the evidence.3 Itisnotuncommonforrapidreviewstobeutilizedtohelp determinefutureprioritieswhetheritbeforhealthcarepolicyorclinical interventions,4,5 and this rapid review was undertaken to inform themethodologicalapproachforfutureresearchaspartofabroader researchprogrammebeingledbyAuthor1.