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Ben Willem Mol is focused on the organisation of multi-centric evaluative research in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Fertility. Since 2003, he has been instrumental in the organization of multi-centric RCTS in Obstetrics and Gynecology in The Netherlands. In these so called ‘consortia’, we have completed 20 multicenter RCTs, and about 30 studies are ongoing. The network covers over 70 of the 90 hospitals in The Netherlands, including all eight academic centers. The research is focused mainly upon everyday practices. As a result, it was recently discovered that 15 minutes of bed rest after an insemination procedure in subfertile couples, a procedure that is not part of the regular treatment, increases the chances of conception by 10%. In studies in pregnant women, it became clear that induction of labour in women with pregnancy induced hypertension does decrease the chance of a caesarean section, a finding that was contradictory to what clinicians thought prior to the study.
In addition to his large-scale evaluative research, Mol also conducts research designed to improve diagnostic processes. In 2003 he received a Vidi programme grant for excellent young researchers from ZonMW to be applied to the evaluation of individual prediction rules in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He is also working toward the implementation of principles of evidence-based medicine in his area of expertise. As a Professor, Mol considers his most important task to be the stimulation and innovation of evaluative research in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Fertility. His professional adage is ‘A day without randomisation is a day without progress.'
Mol studied Medicine at the University of Amsterdam. From 1993 to 1997, he worked in the department of Clinical Epidemiology and Bio-statistics at the AMC. In 1999 he obtained his doctorate with honours at the Faculty of Medicine of the UvA with his dissertation entitled Evaluating the effectiveness of diagnostic tests: tubal subfertility and ectopic pregnancy. Between 1997 and 2003 he was trained as a Gynaecologist at the Máxima Medical Centre (Máxima Medisch Centrum, MMC) in Veldhoven, the University Medical Centre (Universitair Medisch Centrum) in Utrecht and the Tweesteden Hospital (Tweestedenziekenhuis) in Tilburg. Since 2002, Mol has been a Senior Researcher in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the AMC. From 2003 to 2007, he worked as a Gynaecologist-Perinatologist at the MMC in Veldhoven. Mol is chairman of the Guideline Commission (commissie Richtlijnen) and member of the Scholarship Commission (commissie Wetenschap) of the Dutch Association for Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Obstetrie en Gynaecologie, NVOG).
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Mol B.W.J.: Clinical epidemiology in obstetrics, gynaecology and fertility
Allotey, J., van Beukering, M., Braakhekke, M., Braam, S., Bruinsma, A., Grooten, I., Hermans, F., Kamphuis, E., Keulen, J., Koullali, B., Kowalik, C., van Leijden, L., Lemmers, M., Logtenberg, S., Ruiter, L., Tjon Kon Fat, R., Verschoor, M., Weiss, N., Wiegerinck, M., Mol, B., Hehenkamp, W., Pajkrt, E., Timmermans, A. & van Berge, L.
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Project: Research
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Applying a simplified economic evaluation approach to evaluate infertility treatments in clinical practice
Feng, Q., Li, W., Callander, E. J., Wang, R. & Mol, B. W., 1 Mar 2024, In: Human Reproduction. 39, 3, p. 448-453 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Attitudes, knowledge and practice regarding the anti-müllerian hormone test among general practitioners and reproductive specialists: A cross-sectional study
Copp, T., Thompson, R., Hammarberg, K., Lensen, S., Augustine, L., Doust, J., Peate, M., Cvejic, E., Mol, B. W., Lieberman, D. & McCaffery, K. J., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a singleton pregnancy, a short cervix, and no history of spontaneous preterm birth at less than 34 weeks’ gestation: open label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial
van Dijk, C. E., van Gils, A. L., van Zijl, M. D., Koullali, B., van der Weide, M. C., van den Akker, E. S., Hermsen, B. J., van Baal, W. M., Visser, H., van Drongelen, J., Vollebregt, K. C., Muller, M., van der Made, F. W., Gordijn, S. J., de Mooij, Y. M., Oudijk, M. A., de Boer, M. A., Mol, B. W. J., Kazemier, B. M. & Pajkrt, E., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ. e077033.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Effect of small follicles on clinical pregnancy and multiple pregnancy rates in intrauterine insemination: A cohort study
du, T., Xie, Q., Qiu, J., Zhang, S., Mol, B. W., Zhang, S., Kuang, Y., Zhao, D. & Li, W., 1 Feb 2024, In: Human Reproduction. 39, 2, p. 335-345 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Evaluating prognosis in unexplained infertility
Au, L. S., Feng, Q., Shingshetty, L., Maheshwari, A. & Mol, B. W., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fertility and Sterility.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after hyperemesis gravidarum: a prospective cohort study
Nijsten, K. (Creator), van der Minnen, L. M. (Creator), Dean, C. (Creator), Bais, J. M. J. (Creator), Ris - Stalpers, C. (Creator), van Eekelen, R. (Creator), Bremer, H. A. (Creator), van der Ham, D. P. (Creator), Heidema, W. M. (Creator), Huisjes, A. (Creator), Kleiverda, G. (Creator), Kuppens, S. M. (Creator), van Laar, J. O. E. H. (Creator), Langenveld, J. (Creator), van der Made, F. (Creator), Papatsonis, D. (Creator), Pelinck, M. (Creator), Pernet, P. J. (Creator), van Rheenen-Flach, L. (Creator), Rijnders, R. J. (Creator), Scheepers, H. C. J. (Creator), Vogelvang, T. (Creator), Mol, B. (Creator), Olff, M. (Creator), Roseboom, T. (Creator), Koot, M. (Creator), Grooten, I. (Creator), Painter, R. (Creator), Mol, B. W. (Creator) & Olff, M. (Creator), Taylor & Francis, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20109107, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Depression_anxiety_and_post-traumatic_stress_disorder_symptoms_after_hyperemesis_gravidarum_a_prospective_cohort_study/20109107
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Depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after hyperemesis gravidarum: a prospective cohort study
Nijsten, K. (Creator), van der Minnen, L. M. (Creator), Dean, C. (Creator), Bais, J. M. J. (Creator), Ris - Stalpers, C. (Creator), van Eekelen, R. (Creator), Bremer, H. A. (Creator), van der Ham, D. P. (Creator), Heidema, W. M. (Creator), Huisjes, A. (Creator), Kleiverda, G. (Creator), Kuppens, S. M. (Creator), van Laar, J. O. E. H. (Creator), Langenveld, J. (Creator), van der Made, F. (Creator), Papatsonis, D. (Creator), Pelinck, M. (Creator), Pernet, P. J. (Creator), van Rheenen-Flach, L. (Creator), Rijnders, R. J. (Creator), Scheepers, H. C. J. (Creator), Vogelvang, T. (Creator), Mol, B. (Creator), Olff, M. (Creator), Roseboom, T. (Creator), Koot, M. (Creator), Grooten, I. (Creator), Painter, R. (Creator), Mol, B. W. (Creator) & Olff, M. (Creator), Taylor & Francis, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20109107.v1, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Depression_anxiety_and_post-traumatic_stress_disorder_symptoms_after_hyperemesis_gravidarum_a_prospective_cohort_study/20109107/1
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Additional file 1: of Pregnant womensâ concerns when invited to a randomized trial: a qualitative case control study
Oude Rengerink, K. (Contributor), Logtenberg, S. (Creator), Hooft, L. (Creator), Bossuyt, P. (Creator), Mol, B. (Creator), Bossuyt, P. (Creator) & Mol, B. (Creator), Figshare, 2015
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3640472_d1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_1_of_Pregnant_womens_concerns_when_invited_to_a_randomized_trial_a_qualitative_case_control_study/4455497
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Population differences and the effect of vaginal progesterone on preterm birth in women with threatened preterm labor*
Hermans, F. (Creator), Karolinski, A. (Creator), Othenin-Girard, V. (Creator), Bertolino, M. V. (Creator), Schuit, E. (Creator), Salgado, P. (Creator), Hösli, I. (Creator), Irion, O. (Creator), Laterra, C. (Creator), Mol, B. (Creator), Martinez de Tejada, B. (Contributor) & Mol, B. W. J. (Creator), Taylor & Francis, 2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3793185, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Population_differences_and_the_effect_of_vaginal_progesterone_on_preterm_birth_in_women_with_threatened_preterm_labor_sup_sup_/3793185
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Supplementary Material for: Amnioinfusion versus usual care in women with prelabour rupture of membranes in midtrimester: a systematic review and meta-analysis of short and long-term outcomes
Simons, N. (Contributor), Breuking, S. H. (Contributor), Alfirevic, Z. (Contributor), Roberts, D. (Contributor), Mol, B. (Contributor) & Pajkrt, E. (Contributor), Karger Publishers, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20310336.v1, https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_Material_for_Amnioinfusion_versus_usual_care_in_women_with_prelabour_rupture_of_membranes_in_midtrimester_a_systematic_review_and_meta-analysis_of_short_and_long-term_outcomes/20310336/1
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