J
Jussi Vahtera
Researcher at Turku University Hospital
Publications - 680
Citations - 43694
Jussi Vahtera is an academic researcher from Turku University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cohort study. The author has an hindex of 109, co-authored 646 publications receiving 38715 citations. Previous affiliations of Jussi Vahtera include Finnish Institute of Occupational Health & University of Turku.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Association between socioeconomic status and the development of mental and physical health conditions in adulthood: a multi-cohort study.
Mika Kivimäki,G. David Batty,G. David Batty,Jaana Pentti,Martin J. Shipley,Pyry N Sipilä,Solja T. Nyberg,Sakari Suominen,Sakari Suominen,Tuula Oksanen,Sari Stenholm,Sari Stenholm,Marianna Virtanen,Michael Marmot,Archana Singh-Manoux,Archana Singh-Manoux,Eric J. Brunner,Joni V Lindbohm,Jane E. Ferrie,Jane E. Ferrie,Jussi Vahtera,Jussi Vahtera +21 more
TL;DR: The importance of mental health and behavioural problems in setting in motion the development of a range of socioeconomically patterned physical illnesses is highlighted, as well as the importance of psychological health issues in social context and early in the life course, in reducing health inequalities.
Journal ArticleDOI
Employment security and health
TL;DR: The association of low perceived security with psychological distress was significantly stronger in permanent employees than among fixed term and subsidised employees, indicating that perceived security is more important for mental health among employees with a permanent contract.
Journal ArticleDOI
Sickness absence as a risk marker of future disability pension: the 10-town study
Mika Kivimäki,Pauli Forma,Juhani Wikström,Tuomo Halmeenmäki,Jaana Pentti,Marko Elovainio,Jussi Vahtera +6 more
TL;DR: Disability retirements from the end of the assessment period for municipal employees who had a job contract lasting a minimum of three full consecutive years between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 2000 are determined.
Journal ArticleDOI
Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity: An Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis of Up to 170,000 Men and Women: The IPD-Work Consortium
Eleonor I. Fransson,Katriina Heikkilä,Solja T. Nyberg,Marie Zins,Hugo Westerlund,Peter Westerholm,Ari Väänänen,Marianna Virtanen,Jussi Vahtera,Töres Theorell,Sakari Suominen,Archana Singh-Manoux,Johannes Siegrist,Séverine Sabia,Reiner Rugulies,Jaana Pentti,Tuula Oksanen,Maria Nordin,Martin L. Nielsen,Michael Marmot,Linda L. Magnusson Hanson,Idat Eh Madsen,Thorsten Lunau,Constanze Leineweber,Meena Kumari,Anne Kouvonen,Aki Koskinen,Markku Koskenvuo,Anders Knutsson,Karl-Heinze Jöckel,Matti Joensuu,Irene L. D. Houtman,Wendela E. Hooftman,Marcel Goldberg,Goedele A. Geuskens,Jane E. Ferrie,Raimund Erbel,Nico Dragano,Dirk De Bacquer,Els Clays,Annalisa Casini,Hermann Burr,Marianne Borritz,Sébastien Bonenfant,Jakob B. Bjorner,Lars Alfredsson,Mark Hamer,G. David Batty,Mika Kivimäki +48 more
TL;DR: The authors combined individual-level data from 14 European cohort studies to examine the association between favorable work characteristics and leisure-time physical inactivity in a total of 170,162 employees, and suggest that unfavorable work characteristics may have a spillover effect on leisure- time physical activity.
Journal ArticleDOI
Temporary Employment and Risk of Overall and Cause-specific Mortality
TL;DR: Findings suggest that the conventional research practice of treating the employed as a single group may attenuate the associations between employment status and mortality.