Päivi Polo
MD, PhD, Professor
paipol@utu.fi +358 29 450 4569 +358 50 344 5708 Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b Turku |
Gynecology; Obstetrics; Menopause; Climacteric; Sleep; Cognition; Hormone replacement therapy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Medical education
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
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.
Menopause; climacteric; hormone replacement therapy; pergnancy; pregnancy complicatrions; hyperemesis gravidarum,
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- Engagement with patients’ sexual problems: a comparative study among general practitioners and obstetrician-gynecologists (2025)
- Menopause
- Associations between arterial health and sexual function in women aged 60-64 years (2024)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Attitudes and practice patterns of Finnish obstetrician-gynecologists regarding patients' sexual problems (2024)
- Maturitas
- Chronotypes in middle‐aged women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A population‐based study (2024)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Is it safe to operate selected low-risk endometrial cancer patients in secondary hospitals? (2024)
- EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Mitä uutta raskauspahoinvoinnista? (2024)
- Erikoislääkäri
- Seksuaali- ja lisääntymisterveyden koulutus vaatii kehittämistä (2024)
- Kätilölehti
- Sleep disturbances in late pregnancy: associations with induction of labor (2024)
- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Sleep duration and sleep loss during pregnancy: a longitudinal FinnBrain birth cohort study (2024)
- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- The knowledge of and educational interest in sexual medicine among Finnish medical and midwifery students: A web-based study (2024)
- European journal of midwifery
- Worse sleep architecture but not self-reported insomnia and sleepiness is associated with higher cortisol levels in menopausal women (2024)
- Maturitas
- Associations between arterial health and sexual function in late middle-aged women (2023)
- Maturitas
- Comorbidity of Urogynecological and Gastrointestinal Disorders in Female Patients With Lichen Sclerosus (2023)
- Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease
- Depressive symptoms and sleep disturbances in late pregnancy: Associations with experience of induction of labor with a catheter (2023)
- European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
- Effect of external sleep disturbance on sleep architecture in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women (2023)
- Climacteric
- Hyperemesis gravidarum and eating disorders before and after pregnancy: A register-based study (2023)
- International Journal of Eating Disorders
- Hyperemesis gravidarum: Associations with personal and family history of nausea (2023)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- In an appointment of obstetrician-gynecologist: The attitudes and practice patterns when treating sexual problems (2023)
- Maturitas
- Let's talk about sexuality - A web-based survey of self-reported competence in sexual problems among obstetrician-gynecologists in Finland (2023)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Overnight Heart Rate Variability During Sleep Disturbance In Peri- And Postmenopausal Women (2023)
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine
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