Saana Myllyntausta
PhD
saakar@utu.fi +358 29 450 3783 +358 50 326 2152 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6503-3829 |
Areas of expertise
Sleep; sleep research; work stressors, retirement; ageing; accelerometer; longitudinal research
Sleep; sleep research; work stressors, retirement; ageing; accelerometer; longitudinal research
Biography
MA, psychology, University of Turku 2016
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Turku 2020
Research
I work as a university lecturer in the field of psyhology at the Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology of University of Turku. In my research, I examine sleep among older employees. In my PhD thesis, I examined changes in sleep during the transition to retirement.
Teaching
I teach quantitative research methods and statitsics as well as sleep-related topics to students of psychology and speech-language pathology.
Publications
- Associations of accelerometer-based sleep duration and self-reported sleep difficulties with cognitive function in late mid-life: The Finnish Retirement and Aging Study (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Changes in Accelerometer-Measured Sleep during the Transition to Retirement: The Finnish Retirement and Aging (FIREA) study (2020)
- Sleep
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Changes in self-reported and accelerometer-based sleep during the transition to retirement (2020) Myllyntausta Saana
(Doctoral dissertation (article) (G5)) - Concurrent changes in sleep and physical activity during the transition to retirement: a prospective cohort study (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Effect of the frequency spectrum of road traffic noise on sleep: A polysomnographic study (2020)
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Factors associated with quality of life and work ability among Finnish municipal employees: a cross-sectional study (2020)
- BMJ Open
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Sleep tracking of a commercially available smart ring and smartwatch against medical-grade actigraphy in everyday settings: instrument validation study (2020)
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Does removal of work stress explain improved sleep following retirement? The Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2019)
- Sleep
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - The effect of road traffic noise spectrum on sleep (2019)
- International Congress on Acoustics
(Unrefereed conference proceedings (B3)) - Changes in Sleep Difficulties During the Transition to Statutory Retirement (2018)
- Sleep
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Sleep Before and After Retirement (2018)
- Current Sleep Medicine Reports
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2)) - The effect of retirement on subjective and objective sleep characteristics: the Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2018)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(Other (O2)) - Changes in Sleep Duration During Transition to Statutory Retirement: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (2017)
- Sleep
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Changes in sleep duration during transition to statutory retirement (2016)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(Other (O2))