Table 3. Priorities in PDs; ‘Ranking’ (Round 2) including top scoring subsections within each domain^a.

Overall rank*	Ranked Primary Domains        •     Highest ranked subsections within each domain	STD Mean Rank* ± SD
1*	Economic evaluation/cost-effectiveness studies        •     Cost benefit analyses of OH services	4.2 ± 2.6 3.8 ± 0.9
1*	Disability management        •     Functional capacity evaluation/Objective measures of disability assessment*        •     Attitudes towards disability in the workplace- employer and employee*	4.2 ± 2.5 4.3 ± 2.0 4.3 ± 2.1
2	Occupational disease / injury/ illness        •     Work related mental ill health	4.9 ± 2.6 3.0 ± 3.4
3	The changing nature of work (including types of work and technology changes)        •     Changing nature and patterns of work (e.g. flexible hours, remote working, zero hour contracts, migrant workers, subcontractors, growth of self-employment)	5.5 ± 3.6 3.0 ± 1.7
4	Health services research        •     Best practice/benchmarking	5.6 ± 2.7 3.6 ± 1.1
5	Occupational hazards to health and risk assessment        •     Psycho-social hazards	5.7 ± 2.6 4.0 ± 2.2
6	Occupational rehabilitation (including return to work after sickness absence)        •     Evidence based guidelines on assessing fitness for work	5.8 ± 2.7 4.2 ± 1.5
7	Health promotion        •     Evaluation of effectiveness of programmes (in terms of engagement, productivity, behaviour change, barriers to success)	6.2 ± 2.8 3.3 ± 1.3
8	Sickness absence management        •     Effectiveness of interventions to keep employees at work	6.2 ± 2.9 3.4 ± 0.9
9	Occupational health policy        •   Development of evidence-based guidelines	6.7 ± 2.5 3.3 ± 1.2

^*Low scores indicate high priority and high scores indicate low priority

^**Both PD and SD were ranked equally highest

^aPlease note: PD and SD rank scores are not directly comparable but comparisons across PD and SD ranks scores are possible.