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Mark Spigt

Researcher at Maastricht University

Publications -  115
Citations -  2850

Mark Spigt is an academic researcher from Maastricht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 103 publications receiving 2328 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Spigt include University of Tromsø & College of Health Sciences, Bahrain.

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A simple formula for the calculation of sample size in pilot studies

Wolfgang Viechtbauer, +6 more
- 01 Nov 2015 - 
TL;DR: A simple formula is presented to calculate the sample size needed to be able to identify, with a chosen level of confidence, problems that may arise with a given probability.
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The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Araya Abrha Medhanyie, +9 more
- 08 Oct 2012 - 
TL;DR: The HEWs seem to have substantial contribution in several aspects of utilization of maternal health services but their insignificant contribution in improving health facility delivery and skilled birth attendance remains an important problem.
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Clusters of lifestyle behaviors : Results from the Dutch SMILE study

H. de Vries, +6 more
- 01 Mar 2008 - 
TL;DR: The same three patterns of health behavior can be found in different educational groups (high, moderate, low): the high educational group scored much better on all health behaviors, whereas the lowest educational group scoring the worst on the health behaviors.
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Leisure time physical activity and sickness absenteeism; a prospective study

Ludovic G. P. M. van Amelsvoort, +3 more
- 01 May 2006 - 
TL;DR: It is found that workers active in their leisure time twice or more each week reported significantly less sickness absence compared to inactive workers, mainly due to a decrease in sick leave because of musculoskeletal disorders.
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Meeting community health worker needs for maternal health care service delivery using appropriate mobile technologies in Ethiopia.

Alex Little, +6 more
- 29 Oct 2013 - 
TL;DR: Although it is too early to show a direct link between mobile technologies and health outcomes, mobile technologies allow health managers to more quickly and reliably have access to data which can help identify where there issues in the service delivery.