Päivi Korhonen
MD, PhD
paikor@utu.fi +358 40 765 3257 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku |
hypertension; glucose disorders; obesity; ankle-brachial index, cardiovascular diseases
Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
As an experienced clinician, my aim is to educate skillful physicians who understand the meaning of evidence-based medicine. It is very important that medical research would be conducted also in primary care setting to enhance the access and quality of care.
Being a specialist for Internal Medicine and General Practice, my main research interest is prevention and risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. I am the principal investigator in two epidemiological studies conducted in Satakunta:
The HARMONICA (Harjavalta Risk Monitoring of
Cardiovascular Disease) Project, a longitudinal study of
4 000 cardiovascular risk persons.
The PORTAAT (Pori to Aid Against Threats)
Study, a longitudinal study of classical and psychosocial risk factors among
836 working age men and women, conducted among the employees of the city of Pori in
2014–2015
Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence
Special Competence in Medical Education. Finnish Medical Association.
Curriculum planning and the implementation of courses of General Practice in the University of Turku.
- Association Between Maternal Smoking, Isolated Proteinuria During Pregnancy and Preterm Birth: A Finnish Registry AnalysisMultifactorial prevention program for cardiovascular disease in primary care: hypertension status and effect on mortality (2025)
- Kidney International ReportsScience ProgressInternational Journal of Obesity
- (2025)
- BMC GeriatricsJournal of Psychosomatic ResearchActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- In-hospital hypernatremia prior to discharge to primary care hospitals predicts 90-day mortality in older hip fracture patientsPitäisikö lääkärien pelastaa julkinen perusterveydenhuolto? (2025)
- InjuryLääkärilehti
- (2025)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica ScandinavicaNursing Open
- Association of unemployment and increased depressive symptoms with all-cause mortality: follow-up study of a cardiovascular prevention programmeCardiac symptoms and yield of diagnostic tests among primary care patients with and without diabetes (2024)
- European Journal of Public HealthStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
- (2024)
- (2024)
- Glycemic status and effect on mortality: Multifactorial prevention programme for cardiovascular disease in Finnish primary care (2024)
- Primary Care Diabetes
- Interaction of maternal smoking and gestational diabetes mellitus on newborn head circumference and birthweight (2024)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Job stress and burnout among Finnish municipal employees without depression or anxiety (2024)
- Occupational Medicine
- (2024)
- Journal of Human Hypertension
- National treatment guidelines poorly achieved among older subjects with type 2 diabetes – call to action! (2024)
- Primary Care Diabetes
- (2024)
- Turun 75-vuotisneuvolatutkimus - neuvolatarkastus, katoanalyysi ja ikääntyvien arviot neuvolatarkastuksesta (2024)
- Yleislääkäri
- Voiko yleislääkäri hoitaa verenpainepotilaan hoitotavoitteisiin? (2024)
- Yleislääkäri
- Accessibility of care plan information from previous treatment setting in palliative care unit: A qualitative study (2023)
- (2023)
- Primary Care Diabetes
- Continuity of Patient Information to Palliative Care (2023)
- Depressive symptoms and mortality - effect variation by body mass index: a prospective study in a primary care population (2023)
- Depressive symptoms and mortality-findings from Helsinki birth cohort study (2023)
