Päivi Polo
MD, PhD, Professor
paipol@utu.fi +358 29 450 4569 +358 50 344 5708 Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b Turku |
Areas of expertise
Gynecology; Obstetrics; Menopause; Climacteric; Sleep; Cognition; Hormone replacement therapy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Medical education
Gynecology; Obstetrics; Menopause; Climacteric; Sleep; Cognition; Hormone replacement therapy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Medical education
Biography
MD, University of Turku, 1986
PhD, University of Turku, 1999
Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 1998
Specialist in Perinatology, University of Turku, 2001
Adjunct Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 2004
Specialist in Sleep Medicine, 2016
Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 2018
Research
International expert in female sleep medicine, especially during menopause and the effect of hormone replacement therapy.
International expert in menopausal cognition and the effect of hormone replacement therapy.
Expert in pregnancy related sleep problems.
Expert in hyperemesis gravidarum.
Teaching
Menopause; climacteric; hormone replacement therapy; pergnancy; pregnancy complicatrions; hyperemesis gravidarum,
Publications 
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- Patients with chronic diseases: is sexual health brought up by general practitioners during appointments? – A web-based study (2023)
- Maturitas
(Other publication) - Recalling the severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy - a study using Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis Questionnaire (2023)
- Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep disturbances and depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: associations with delivery and newborn health (2023)
- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The knowledge of and educational interest in sexual medicine among medical and midwifery students - A web-based study (2023)
- Maturitas
(Other publication) - The relationship between cortisol and sleep architecture in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women (2023)
- Maturitas
(Other publication) - The Relationship Between Mood and Sleep in Different Female Reproductive States (2023)
- Sleep Medicine Clinics
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Associations Between Delivery Modes, Birth Outcomes and Offspring Anxiety Disorders in a Population-Based Birth Cohort of Children and Adolescents (2022)
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lääketieteen opiskelijat tarvitsevat seksuaalilääketieteen opetusta (2022)
- Lääkärilehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Medical and midwifery students need increased sexual medicine education to overcome barriers hindering bringing up sexual health issues - A national study of final-year medical and midwifery students in Finland (2022)
- European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Patients with chronic diseases: Is sexual health brought up by general practitioners during appointments? A web-based study (2022)
- Maturitas
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Readmissions due to hyperemesis gravidarum: a nation-wide Finnish register study (2022)
- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep disturbances in pregnancy: Why and how should we manage them? (2022)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Synnytys- ja naistentautiopin osaamistavoitteet toteutuvat opiskeluvaihdossa kohtalaisesti (2022)
- Lääkärilehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Usability of Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis questionnaire in women hospitalised for hyperemesis gravidarum: a prospective cohort study (2022)
- BMJ Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Estimating the cumulative risk of postnatal depressive symptoms: the role of insomnia symptoms across pregnancy (2021)
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - General practitioners' self-reported competence in the management of sexual health issues - a web-based questionnaire study from Finland (2021)
- Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Munasarjojen monirakkulaoireyhtymä ja unihäiriöt (2021)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Nighttime melatonin secretion and sleep architecture: different associations in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women (2021)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep During Menopausal Transition: A 10-year Follow-Up (2021)
- Sleep
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep during menopausal transition: a 10-year follow-up (vol 40, pg , 2021) (2021)
- Sleep
(Other publication)
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