Author: Vahtera J

Original article 2022;48(8):621-631   pdf full text
Workplace psychosocial resources and risk of cardiovascular disease among employees: a multi-cohort study of 135 669 participants
Xu T, Rugulies R, Vahtera J, Pentti J, Mathisen J, Lange T, Clark AJ, Magnusson Hanson LL, Westerlund H, Ervasti J, Virtanen M, Kivimäki M, Rod NH
 
Original article 2021;47(3):181-190   pdf full text
Shift work, work time control, and informal caregiving as risk factors for sleep disturbances in an ageing municipal workforce
Virtanen M, Myllyntausta S, Ervasti J, Oksanen T, Salo P, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Ropponen A, Halonen JI, Vahtera J, Stenholm S
 
Original article 2019;45(5):465-474   pdf full text
Associations between shift work and use of prescribed medications for the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia: a prospective cohort study
Tucker P, Härmä M, Ojajärvi A, Kivimäki M, Leineweber C, Oksanen T, Salo P, Vahtera J
 
Original article 2019;45(4):376-385   pdf full text
Does increasing physical activity reduce the excess risk of work disability among overweight individuals?
Ervasti J, Airaksinen J, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Suominen S, Virtanen M, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2018;44(5):496-502   pdf full text
Sickness absence in a re-employment program as a predictor of labor market attachment among long-term unemployed individuals: A 6-year cohort study in Finland
Nwaru CA, Kivimäki M, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Virtanen P
 
Original article 2018;44(5):485-495   pdf full text
Clustering of job strain, effort−reward imbalance, and organizational injustice and the risk of work disability: a cohort study
Juvani A, Oksanen T, Virtanen M, Salo P, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
 
Original article 2018;44(5):512-520   pdf full text
Night work and risk of common mental disorders: analyzing observational data as a non-randomized pseudo trial
Beltagy MS, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2018;44(4):394-402   pdf full text
Association of changes in work shifts and shift intensity with change in fatigue and disturbed sleep: a within-subject study
Härmä M, Karhula K, Ropponen A, Puttonen S, Koskinen A, Ojajärvi A, Hakola T, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2018;44(3):274-282   pdf
Prediction of long-term absence due to sickness in employees: development and validation of a multifactorial risk score in two cohort studies
Airaksinen J, Jokela M, Virtanen M, Oksanen T, Koskenvuo M, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
 
Review 2018;44(3):239-250   pdf
Long working hours and depressive symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data
Virtanen M, Jokela M, Madsen IEH, Magnusson Hanson LL, Lallukka T, Nyberg ST, Alfredsson L, Batty GD, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Erbel R, Ferrie JE, Heikkilä K, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Lahelma E, Nielsen ML, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rahkonen O, Rugulies R, Salo P, Schupp J, Shipley MJ, Siegrist J, Singh-Manoux A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Wagner GG, Wang JL, Yiengprugsawan V, Westerlund H, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2017;43(5):426-435   pdf full text
Occupational class and working beyond the retirement age: a cohort study
Virtanen M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Ervasti J, Head J, Stenholm S, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2017;43(4):358-366   pdf full text
Length of sickness absence and sustained return-to-work in mental disorders and musculoskeletal diseases: a cohort study of public sector employees
Kausto J, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Virta LJ, Virtanen M, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
 
Original article 2017;43(1):5-14   pdf full text
Job strain and informal caregiving as predictors of long-term sickness absence: A longitudinal multi-cohort study
Mortensen J, Dich N, Lange T, Alexanderson K, Goldberg M, Head J, Kivimäki M, Madsen IEH, Rugulies R, Vahtera J, Zins M, Rod NH
 
Original article 2016;42(5):395-404   pdf full text
Organizational justice and disability pension from all-causes, depression and musculoskeletal diseases: A Finnish cohort study of public sector employees
Juvani A, Oksanen T, Virtanen M, Elovainio M, Salo P, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
 
Amendments and corrections 2016;42(1):97-98   pdf full text
Re. Härmä M, Ropponen A, Hakola T, Koskinen A, Vanttola P, Puttonen S, Sallinen M, Salo P, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M. Developing register-based measures for assessment of working time patterns for epidemiologic studies. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2015;41(3):268–279. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3492
Härmä M, Ropponen A, Koskinen A, Vanttola P, Puttonen S, Sallinen M, Salo P, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2015;41(3):268-279   pdf full text
Developing register-based measures for assessment of working time patterns for epidemiologic studies
Härmä M, Ropponen A, Hakola T, Koskinen A, Vanttola P, Puttonen S, Sallinen M, Salo P, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2014;40(4):343-352   pdf full text
Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study
Ervasti J, Vahtera J, Virtanen P, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Ahola K, Kivimäki M, Virtanen M
 
Original article 2014;40(3):235-243   pdf full text
Associations of traffic noise with self-rated health and psychotropic medication use
Halonen JI, Lanki T, Yli-Tuomi T, Turunen AW, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
 
Original article 2014;40(3):266-277   pdf full text
Effort–reward imbalance as a risk factor for disability pension: the Finnish Public Sector Study
Juvani A, Oksanen T, Salo P, Virtanen M, Kivimäki M, Pentti J, Vahtera J
 
Original article 2013;39(3):276-283   pdf full text
Do obesity and sleep problems cluster in the workplace? A multivariate, multilevel study
Oksanen T, Kawachi I, Subramanian SV, Kim D, Shirai K, Kouvonen A, Pentti J, Salo P, Virtanen M, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2013;39(1):57-65   pdf full text
Does perceived work ability improve after a multidisciplinary preventive program in a population with no severe medical problems – the Finnish Public Sector Study
Saltychev M, Laimi K, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
 
Original article 2012;38(3):209-217   pdf
Pupils with special educational needs in basic education schools and teachers’ sickness absences – a register-linkage study
Ervasti J, Kivimäki M, Kawachi I, Subramanian SV, Pentti J, Ahola K, Oksanen T, Pohjonen T, Vahtera J, Virtanen M
 
Original article 2012;38(3):228-237   pdf
Health risk behaviors and morbidity among hospital staff − comparison across hospital ward medical specialties in a study of 21 Finnish hospitals
Virtanen M, Vahtera J, Batty GD, Tuisku K, Oksanen T, Elovainio M, Ahola K, Pentti J, Salo P, Vartti A-M, Kivimäki M
 
Original article 2012;38(1):47-55   pdf
Sleep problems and sickness absence among middle-aged employees
Rahkonen O, Lallukka T, Kronholm E, Vahtera J, Lahelma E, Laaksonen M
 
Original article 2012;38(1):27-37   pdf
Effectiveness of multidisciplinary primary prevention in decreasing the risk of work disability in a low-risk population
Saltychev M, Laimi K, El-Metwally A, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
 
Article SJWEH Suppl 2008; (6):98-110   pdf
Flexible labor markets and employee health
Ferrie JE, Westerlund H, Virtanen M, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
 
Article SJWEH Suppl 2008; (6):33-40   pdf
What are the next steps for research on work stress and coronary heart disease?
Kivimäki M, Vahtera J, Elovainio M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Virtanen M, Hintsanen M, Väänänen A, Singh-Manoux A, Ferrie JE
 
Original article 2008;34(4):260-266   pdf
Sick leaves in four factories—do characteristics of employees and work conditions explain differences in sickness absence between workplaces?
Virtanen P, Siukola A, Luukkaala T, Savinainen M, Arola H, Nygård C-H, Kivimäki M, Helenius H, Vahtera J
 
Book review 2000;26(6):533-534
Health Effects of the New Labour Market
Vahtera J, reviewer
 
Article 2006;32(6):431-442   pdf
Work stress in the etiology of coronary heart disease—a meta-analysis
Kivimäki M, Virtanen M, Elovainio M, Kouvonen A, Väänänen A, Vahtera J
 
Editorial 2006;32(6):413-419   pdf
Work-related stress and health—risks, mechanisms and countermeasures
Härmä M, Kompier MAJ, Vahtera J
 
Original article 2006;32(3):204-208   pdf
Prevalent cardiovascular disease, risk factors and selection out of shift work
Kivimäki M, Virtanen M, Elovainio M, Väänänen A, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Vahtera J
 
Original article 2004;30(6):468-476   pdf
Sickness absence and the organization of nursing care among hospital nurses
Kivimäki M, Mäkinen A, Elovainio M, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Firth-Cozens J
 
Original article 2001;27(6):365-372   pdf
Contingent employment, health and sickness absence
Virtanen M, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Vahtera J, Cooper CL