Saana Myllyntausta
dosentti, FT
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
- Koulupoissaolo-ongelmat masentuneilla kouluikäisillä nuorilla (2026)
- Psykologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Changes in hair cortisol during retirement transition: the Finnish retirement and aging study (2025)
- Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Concurrent changes in sleep and cognitive function during retirement transition: the Finnish retirement and aging study (2025)
- European Journal of Ageing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Are changes in sleep problems associated with changes in life satisfaction during the retirement transition? (2024)
- European Journal of Ageing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sex-related differential item functioning of the Jenkins Sleep Scale : a cross-sectional study among 77 967 employees in the Finnish public sector (2024)
- BMJ Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association of working hours with accelerometer-based sleep duration and sleep quality on the following night among older employees (2023)
- Sleep epidemiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do Sleep Problems Explain the Association Between Work Stress and the Trajectories of Work Ability From Midlife to Pensionable Age? (2023)
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Finnish Retirement and Aging Study: a prospective cohort study (2023)
- BMJ Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The association of previous night's sleep duration with cognitive function among older adults: a pooled analysis of three Finnish cohorts (2023)
- European Journal of Ageing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association of job strain with accelerometer-based sleep duration and timing of sleep among older employees (2022)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



