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Effectiveness of preconception care interventions in primary care: a systematic review protocol

Nishadi Nethmini Withanage, Jessica R Botfield, Sonia Srinivasan, Kirsten I Black and Danielle Mazza
BJGP Open 17 May 2022; BJGPO.2021.0191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0191
Nishadi Nethmini Withanage
1 Department of General Practice, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Jessica R Botfield
1 Department of General Practice, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Sonia Srinivasan
2 Western Health, St Albans, Australia
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Kirsten I Black
3 Discipline of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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    Table 1. PICO criteria
    Population termsTeen* or adolescen* or youth or men or man or female or male or woman or women or reproductive age or child bearing age or childbearing age
    Intervention termspreconcept* or pre concept* or interconcept* or prepregnan* or pre pregnan* or pregnanc* plan* or plan* pregnanc* adj8 health program* or health education or health promot* or advic* or advis* or intervention* or care or assess* or risk or counsel* or screen* or folic acid supplement* or folate supplement*
    ComparisonNo preconception care or usual care
    OutcomesPrimary outcomes will include but not limited to: knowledge of factors that affect health during the preconception period, and pregnancy outcomes including: maternal morbidity, prematurity and birth weight, fetal or neonatal mortality and morbidity, and fetal abnormalities.Secondary outcomes will include reduction in modifiable risk factors including but not limited to: weight, drug use, alcohol consumption, and smoking.(No specific key terms for outcomes were included when developing the search strategy owing to the heterogeneity of the outcomes measured across individual studies.)
    • PICO = Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome.

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Effectiveness of preconception care interventions in primary care: a systematic review protocol
Nishadi Nethmini Withanage, Jessica R Botfield, Sonia Srinivasan, Kirsten I Black, Danielle Mazza
BJGP Open 17 May 2022; BJGPO.2021.0191. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0191

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Nishadi Nethmini Withanage, Jessica R Botfield, Sonia Srinivasan, Kirsten I Black, Danielle Mazza
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