Jussi Vahtera - UTU Research Portal

Jussi Vahtera

- Senior Advisor,
Public Health (Department of Clinical Medicine)

jussi.vahtera@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2030

+358 40 592 9990

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-061X

Areas of expertise

Public health, Epidemiology, Neighborhood influences on health, Life-course research, Psychosocial stress, Psychosocial work environment, Social Determinants of Health.

Research

My studies focus on work and living environments, psychosocial
risks, and behaviors as determinants of health and longevity from a life-course
perspective. I have experience in working with large longitudinal datasets and have a strong
record of research collaboration both nationally and internationally. My recent research has contributed to the understanding
of the effects of social, built and natural neighborhoods on cardiovascular health.

Publications

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Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes – A Pooled Analysis of 124,808 Men and Women (2014)
- Diabetes Care
Solja T. Nyberg, Eleonor I. Fransson, Katriina Heikkilä, Kirsi Ahola, Lars Alfredsson, Jakob B. Bjorner, Marianne Borritz, Hermann Burr, Nico Dragano, Marcel Goldberg, Mark Hamer, Markus Jokela, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Aki Koskinen, Anne Kouvonen, Constanze Leineweber, Ida E.H. Madsen, Linda L. Magnusson Hanson, Michael G. Marmot, Martin L. Nielsen, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Jan H. Pejtersen, Jaana Pentti, Reiner Rugulies, Paula Salo, Johannes Siegrist, Andrew Steptoe, Sakari Suominen, Töres Theorell, Ari Väänänen, Jussi Vahtera, Marianna Virtanen, Peter J.M. Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Marie Zins, G. David Batty, Eric J. Brunner, Jane E. Ferrie, Archana Singh-Manoux, Mika Kivimäki for the IPD-Work Consortium
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Lifestyle factors as predictors of nonadherence to statin therapy among patients with and without cardiovascular comorbidities. (2014)
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
Heli Halava, Maarit Jaana Korhonen, Risto Huupponen, Soko Setoguchi, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mielenterveyssyistä työkyvyttömien nuorten aikuisten tausta (2014)
- Lääkärilehti
Ahola K, Joensuu M, Mattila-Holappa P, Katinka T, Vahtera J, Virtanen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mistä kaikesta sairauspoissaolot voivat kertoa? (2014)
- Työterveyslääkäri
Virtanen M, Kivimäki M, Oksanen T, Vahtera J, Ervasti J
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
Nine-year trajectory of purchases of prescribed pain medication before and after in-patient interdisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic musculoskeletal disorders: a prospective, cohort , register-based study of 4,365 subjects (2014)
- Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Mikhail Saltychev, Katri Laimi, Tuula Oksanen, Marianna Virtanen, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Nine-year trajectory of purchases of prescribed pain medications before and after multidisciplinary rehabilitation amongst fibromyalgia patients (2014) Saltychev M, Laimi K, Oksanen T, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(Other publication)
Optimism and pessimism as predictors of initiating and ending an antidepressant medication treatment (2014)
- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
Kim Kronström, Hasse Karlsson, Hermann Nabi, Tuula Oksanen, Paula Salo, Noora Sjösten, Marianna Virtanen, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Proximity to a tobacco store and smoking cessation – a cohort study (2014)
- Tobacco Control
Halonen JI, Kivimäki M, Kouvonen A, Pentti J, Kawachi I, Subramanian SV, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Psychological Distress and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in High-Risk and Low-Risk Populations: The Whitehall II Cohort Study (2014)
- Diabetes Care
Virtanen M, Ferrie JE, Tabak AG, Akbaraly TN, Vahtera J, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimaki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Self-Rated Health in the Last 12 Years of Life Compared to Matched Surviving Controls: The Health and Retirement Study (2014)
- PLoS ONE
Stenholm S, Pentti J, Kawachi I, Westerlund H, Kivimaki M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Short- and long-term changes in perceived work ability after interdisciplinary rehabilitation of chronic musculoskeletal disorders: prospective cohort study among 854 rehabilitants (2014)
- Clinical Rehabilitation
Mikhail Saltychev, Katri Laimi, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sleep duration and sleep disturbances partly explain the association between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular mortality – the Whitehall II cohort study (2014)
- Journal of Sleep Research
Azevedo Da Silva M., Singh-Manoux A., Shipley M. J., Vahtera J., Brunner E. J., Ferrie J. E., Kivimäki M., Nabi H.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Study protocol for examining job strain as a risk factor for severe unipolar depression in an individual participant meta-analysis of 14 European cohorts (2014)
- F1000Research
Ida E. H. Madsen, Harald Hannerz, Solja T. Nyberg, Linda L. Magnusson Hanson, Kirsi Ahola, Lars Alfredsson, G. David Batty, Jakob B. Bjorner, Marianne Borritz, Hermann Burr, Nico Dragano, Jane E. Ferrie, Mark Hamer, Markus Jokela, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Aki Koskinen, Constanze Leineweber, Martin L. Nielsen, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Jan H. Pejtersen, Jaana Pentti, Paula Salo, Archana Singh-Manoux, Sakari Suominen, Töres Theorell, Salla Toppinen-Tanner, Jussi Vahtera, Ari Väänänen, Peter J. M Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Eleonor Fransson, Katriina Heikkilä, Marianna Virtanen, Reiner Rugulies, Mika Kivimäki for the IPD-Work Consortium
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The role of psychiatric, cardiometabolic, and musculoskeletal comorbidity in the recurrence of depression-related work disability (2014)
- Depression and Anxiety
Ervasti J, Vahtera J, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Ahola K, Kivekas T, Kivimaki M, Virtanen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Työaikojen kehittäminen kunta-alalla (2014) Härmä M, Vanttola P, Ropponen A, Koskinen A, Hakola T, Kalakoski V, Puttonen S, Sallinen M, Nätti J, Salo P, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
(D4 Published development or research report or study )
Vertical and horizontal trust at work as predictors of retirement intentions: The finnish public sector study (2014)
- PLoS ONE
Muurinen C., Laine M., Pentti J., Virtanen M., Salo P., Kivimäki M., Vahtera J., Oksanen T.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Work Time Control and Sleep Disturbances – Prospective Cohort Study of Finnish Public Sector Employees (2014)
- Sleep
Paula Salo, Leena Ala-Mursula, Naja Hulvej Rod, Philip Tucker, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Yhden lapsi sairaana, toinen flunssassa - työyksikön tilapäisten poissaolojen yhteys työn koettuihin vaatimuksiin ja luottamuksen ilmapiiriin (2014)
- Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti
Toivanen Minna, Väänänen Ari, Nätti Jouko, Pentti Jaana, Oksanen Tuula, Kivimäki Mika, Vahtera Jussi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Adherence to antihypertensive therapy prior to the first presentation of stroke in hypertensive adults: population-based study (2013)
- European Heart Journal
Herttua K, Tabak AG, Martikainen P, Vahtera J, Kivimaki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Ammatillisesti syvennetyn lääkinnällisen kuntoutuksen (ASLAK) myönnöt 2000-luvulla – onko sairaus- ja työkyvyttömyysriskien merkitys valinnassa muuttunut? (2013)
- Duodecim
Saltychev Mikhail, Laimi Katri, Pentti Jaana, Kivimäki Mika, Vahtera Jussi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)