Table 1.

The number of experts identified and who participated in the different stages of the research priorities exercise

Health area	Experts identified through PubMed and WOS searches		Experts identified through WHO consultation reports and by WHO departments		Total experts identified	Agreed to participate		Submitted questions		Scored questions by health area		Other scorersa
	n	%	n	%	N	n	%	n	%	n	%
Formula	a	a/c	b	b/c	c	d	d/c	e	e/d	f	f/d
Communicable diseases	5	9	51	91	56	28	50	18	64	16	57	1
Injuries and violence	23	32	50	68	73	22	30	17	77	19	86	1
Mental health	15	31	33	69	48	31	65	22	71	21	68	5
NCDs management	17	37	29	63	46	18	39	11	61	10	56	2
Nutrition	20	36	36	64	56	39	70	22	56	18	46	2
Physical activity	17	33	35	67	52	19	37	15	79	13	68	0
Substance use	19	45	23	55	42	23	55	13	57	11	48	0
Adolescent health: policy, health, and social systems	69	90	8	10	77	37	48	24	65	22	59	19
Total	185	41	265	59	450	217	48	142	65	130	60	30

NCDs = Noncommunicable diseases; WHO = World Health Organization; WOS = Web of Science.

^aExperts in “adolescent health: policy, health and social systems” were invited to also score in a specific health area of their choice, and experts in a specific health area were invited to also score in “adolescent health: policy, health and social systems.”