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. 2019 Dec 2;8(12):2119. doi: 10.3390/jcm8122119

Table 2.

Preconception rankings after round 1, 2 and 3.

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Preconception Priority Ranking Ranking Ranking Mean
(SD)		 Median
(IQR)
Healthy diet and nutrition

  • Folic acid supplementation

  • Food security

 1, 8 † 1 1 1.6
(0.9)		 1.0
(1.0)
Physical activity 3 2 2 2.9
(1.3)		 3.0
(1.0)
Weight management 2 3 3 3.4
(0.9)		 4.0
(1.0)
Planned Pregnancy—awareness and optimising and fertility 5, 10 † 4 4 4.4
(2.3)		 4.5
(2.8)
Pre-existing medical conditions *

  • Chronic disease including diabetes, hypertension

  • Pre-existing pregnancy conditions

 4, 12 † 5 5 4.5
(2.1)		 4.5
(3.2)
Substance use (including alcohol and tobacco) 6 7 6 6.4
(1.4)		 6.0
(1.8)
Mental health * 7 6 7 5.6
(1.8)		 6.5
(2.0)
Infections

  • Vaccine-preventable diseases

  • STIs and BBVs

  • Other infectious diseases

 9, 11 † 9 ^ 8 8.6
(0.5)		 9.0
(1.0)

* After the Round 3 ranking, it was discussed and decided via majority vote that mental health be combined with pre-existing medical conditions to form one priority of ‘physical, mental and psychosocial health’. † Priorities were ranked individually in round 1, and then combined during the sense making process such that some separate priorities were amalgamated. ^ In Round 2, the 8th ranked priority was ‘healthy relationships’ but it was decided to this was covered in the overarching principles and it was removed from the ranking list.