Table 1. Researchers’ and stakeholders’ opinion and research projects regarding mental health research priorities: types of research (%, rank).
| Regions | Africa | Asia | The Americas | Global | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stakeholder Category |
Researchers (N=114) |
Stakeholders (N=35) |
Projects (N=267) |
Researchers (N=299) |
Stakeholders (N=166) |
Projects (N=696) |
Researchers (N=399) |
Stakeholders (N=105) |
Projects (N=884) |
Researchers (N=812) |
Stakeholders (N=306) |
Projects (N=1847) |
| Epidemiology & Burden |
93.9 (R1) | 82.9 (R2) | 43.8 (R1) | 83.9 (R1) | 81.9 (R1) | 37.9 (R1) | 90.5 (R1) | 92.4 (R1) | 34.3 (R1) | 88.5 (R1) | 85.6 (R1) | 37.0 (R1) |
| Health Systems |
66.7 (R2) | 80.0 (R3) | 19.5 (R3) | 75.9 (R2) | 75.9(R2) | 16.7 (R3) | 71.2 (R2) | 81.9 (R2) | 4.4 (R3) | 72.3 (R2) | 78.4 (R2) | 11.2 (R3) |
| Social Science |
64.0 (R3) | 85.7 (R1) | 31.5 (R2) | 70.2 (R3) | 68.7 (R3) | 35.6 (R2) | 45.6 (R4) | 55.2 (R3) | 17.5 (R2) | 57.3 (R3) | 66.0 (R3) | 26.4 (R2) |
| Clinical Trials | 35.1 (R4) | 25.7 (R4) | 11.6 (R4) | 39.8 (R4) | 33.7 (R4) | 14.9 (R4) | 49.1 (R3) | 40.0 (R4) | 10.5 (R4) | 43.7 (R4) | 35.0 (R4) | 12.3 (R4) |
| Basic Science | 28.9 (R5) | 20.0 (R5) | 4.9 (R5) | 28.4 (R5) | 24.7 (R5) | 7.5 (R5) | 36.6 (R5) | 38.8 (R5) | 9.0 (R5) | 32.5 (R5) | 28.8 (R5) | 7.9 (R5) |
R: rank
Epidemiology & Burden, Epidemiological studies of burden and risk factors
Note: The sum for some variables is more than 100% because subjects could give multiple responses within the same category.