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
- Does removal of work stress explain improved sleep following retirement? The Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2019)
- Sleep
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effect of road traffic noise spectrum on sleep (2019)
- International Congress on Acoustics
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Changes in Sleep Difficulties During the Transition to Statutory Retirement (2018)
- Sleep
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep Before and After Retirement (2018)
- Current Sleep Medicine Reports
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - The effect of retirement on subjective and objective sleep characteristics: the Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2018)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(Other publication) - Changes in Sleep Duration During Transition to Statutory Retirement: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (2017)
- Sleep
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Changes in sleep duration during transition to statutory retirement (2016)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(Other publication)



