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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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)
Association of job strain with working hours, shift-dependent perceived workload, sleepiness and recovery (2013)
- Ergonomics
Karhula K, Harma M, Sallinen M, Hublin C, Virkkala J, Kivimaki M, Vahtera J, Puttonen S
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Associations of job strain and lifestyle risk factors with risk of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data (2013)
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
Kivimaki M, Nyberg ST, Fransson EI, Heikkila K, Alfredsson L, Casini A, Clays E, De Bacquer D, Dragano N, Ferrie JE, Goldberg M, Hamer M, Jokela M, Karasek R, Kittel F, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Siegrist J, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Zins M, Steptoe A, Singh-Manoux A, Batty GD
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Asthma and long-term work disability (2013)
- Treatment Strategies. Respiratory
Kauppi P, Hakola R, Leino T, Ojajärvi A, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Haahtela T, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
Chronic workplace stress and insufficient physical activity: a cohort study (2013)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Kouvonen A, Vahtera J, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Vaananen AKP, Heponiemi T, Salo P, Virtanen M, Kivimaki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Depression-Related Work Disability: Socioeconomic Inequalities in Onset, Duration and Recurrence (2013)
- PLoS ONE
Ervasti J, Vahtera J, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Ahola K, Kivimaki M, Virtanen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Does perceived work ability improve after a multidisciplinary preventive program in a population with no severe medical problems? The Finnish Public Sector Study. (2013)
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Saltychev M, Laimi K, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Does transfer of work from a public sector organisation to a commercial enterprise without staff reductions increase risk of long-term sickness absence among the staff? A cohort study of laboratory and radiology employees (2013)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Kokkinen L, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Kivimaki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Do obesity and sleep problems cluster in the workplace? A multivariate multilevel study (2013)
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Oksanen T, Kawachi I, Subramanian S, Kim D, Shirai K, Kouvonen A, Pentti J, Salo P, Virtanen M, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effect of depression onset on adherence to medication among hypertensive patients: a longitudinal modelling study (2013)
- Journal of Hypertension
Sjosten N, Nabi H, Westerlund H, Salo P, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Kivimaki M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)