Psychosocial risks and resources at work and employee wellbeing in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: time series of cross-sections.

Objective: We examined the relationships between psychosocial factors and employee wellbeing in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Survey data were from Finnish public sector employees from 2018 (T1 = before), 2020 (T2 = during), and 2022 (T3 = after the pandemic) (n = 29,360). Employee wellbeing was measured with self-rated health, work ability, and recovery from work.

Changes in food habits during the transition to retirement: the Whitehall II cohort study.

Background: The transition to retirement is a significant turning point in life, which may lead to changes in food habits.

Objective: To examine changes in red meat, fish, vegetables and fruit consumption during the retirement transition and whether these changes vary between sociodemographic groups.

Methods: The data were from the Whitehall II study, a cohort of 10 308 British civil servants aged 35-55 years at study induction (1985-1988).

Stimulating leisure-time activities and the risk of dementia: a multi-cohort study.

Background: Stimulating activities are associated with a decreased risk of dementia. However, the extent to which this reflects a protective effect of activity or non-participation resulting from dementia is debated. We investigated the association of stimulating leisure-time activity in late adulthood with the risk of dementia across up to two decades' follow-up.

Estimating risk of loneliness in adulthood using survey-based prediction models: A cohort study.

It is widely accepted that loneliness is associated with health problems, but less is known about the predictors of loneliness. In this study, we constructed a model to predict individual risk of loneliness during adulthood. Data were from the prospective population-based FinHealth cohort study with 3444 participants (mean age 55.

Obesity and risk of diseases associated with hallmarks of cellular ageing: a multicohort study.

Background: Ageing hallmarks, characterising features of cellular ageing, have a role in the pathophysiology of many age-related diseases. We examined whether obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing such hallmark-related diseases.

Methods: In this multicohort study, we included people aged 38-72 years with data on weight, height, and waist circumference measured during a clinical examination at baseline between March 13, 2006, and Oct 1, 2010, from the UK Biobank with follow-up until Nov 12, 2021.

Association of school neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and teaching staff's risk of violence at work.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the association between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and teaching staff's risk of workplace violence and whether workplace psychosocial resources can act as effect modifiers.

Methods: Primary school teaching staff in the six largest cities in Finland responded to a survey in 2018 and were linked to information on school neighbourhood disadvantage obtained from the national grid database ( = 3984).

Results: After adjustment for confounders, staff working in schools located in the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods had a 1.

Physical activity and risk of workplace and commuting injuries: a cohort study.

Objective: Leisure-time physical activity (PA) has been hypothesized to reduce the likelihood of occupational injuries, but it is unclear whether this association varies between workplace and commuting injuries. The aim of this study was to examine the association between PA and risk of workplace and commuting injuries.

Methods: Data were derived from the Finnish Public Sector study including 82 716 person-observations (48 116 participants).

Association between changes in cardiovascular health and the risk of multimorbidity: community-based cohort studies in the UK and Finland.

Background: Better cardiovascular health is associated with lower risk of various chronic diseases, but its association with multimorbidity is poorly understood. We aimed to examine whether change in cardiovascular health is associated with multimorbidity risk.

Methods: The primary analysis was conducted in the Whitehall II multiwave prospective cohort study (UK) and the validation analysis in the Finnish Public Sector cohort study (Finland).

Cohort study on incidence of new-onset type 2 diabetes in patients after bariatric surgery and matched controls.

Background: Metabolic bariatric surgery the reduces risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes in individuals with obesity, but it is unclear whether the benefit varies by sex, age, or socioeconomic status. The aim was to assess the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes after metabolic bariatric surgery in these subgroups.

Methods: The Finnish Public Sector study, a follow-up study with matched controls nested in a large employee cohort, included patients without type 2 diabetes and with a diagnosis of obesity or self-reported BMI of at least 35 kg/m2.

Impact of physical and sexual abuse on risk of hospitalisations for physical and mental illnesses: insights from two large prospective cohort studies.

Background: Physical abuse can lead to severe health consequences that extend beyond immediate harm. We explored the associations of physical abuse experienced during childhood and adulthood with a wide range of adult health conditions requiring hospital treatment.

Methods: We utilised data from a sub-cohort of 157,366 UK Biobank participants (46.

Are changes in sleep problems associated with changes in life satisfaction during the retirement transition?

Retirement reduces sleep problems, but changes in life satisfaction during the retirement transition are multifactorial and partly unknown. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to examine whether changes in sleep problems are associated with changes in total and domain-specific life satisfaction during the retirement transition (on average 0.5 years before and 0.

Climate Change, Summer Temperature, and Heat-Related Mortality in Finland: Multicohort Study with Projections for a Sustainable vs. Fossil-Fueled Future to 2050.

Background: Climate change scenarios illustrate various pathways in terms of global warming ranging from "sustainable development" (Shared Socioeconomic Pathway SSP1-1.9), the best-case scenario, to 'fossil-fueled development' (SSP5-8.5), the worst-case scenario.

Finnish Retirement and Aging Study: a prospective cohort study.

Purpose: The Finnish Retirement and Aging (FIREA) Study was set up to study changes in health behavioural and cardiometabolic risk factors across retirement transition, and to examine the long-term consequences of work and retirement on health and functioning with advancing age.

Participants: Public sector workers whose estimated statutory retirement date was in 2014-2019 were invited to participate by sending them a questionnaire 18 months prior to their estimated retirement date. In the first phase of the FIREA Study, participants were followed up with annual surveys, accelerometer and clinical measurements during retirement transition into post-retirement years.

Association of nurse understaffing and limited nursing work experience with in-hospital mortality among patients: A longitudinal register-based study.

Background: Although nurse understaffing and limited nursing work experience may affect hospital patients' risk of mortality, relatively little longitudinal patient-level evidence on these associations is available. Hospital administrative data could provide important information about the level of staffing, nurses' work experience and patient mortality over time.

Objective: To examine whether daily exposure to nurse understaffing and limited nursing work experience is associated with patient mortality, using patient-level data with different exposure time windows and accounting for several patient-related characteristics.

Association of work-related psychosocial factors and day-to-day home blood pressure variation: the Finn-Home study.

Objectives: Stress, and particularly job strain, has been found to associate with ambulatory blood pressure (BP). Moreover, BP is known to vary between days. One potential over-looked factor underlying this day-to-day BP variation could be work-related psychosocial factors.

Concurrent changes in physical activity and physical functioning during retirement transition-a multi-trajectory analysis.

Background: Physical activity and physical functioning have been reported to change over retirement transition, but the results have been inconsistent, and the two constructs have not been studied concurrently. The objective of this study was to examine concurrent changes in physical activity and physical functioning during transition to retirement among public sector employees, and to examine if occupation, sex, marital status, body mass index (BMI), alcohol consumption and smoking status are associated with observed different multi-trajectory paths.

Methods: 3,550 participants of the Finnish Retirement and Aging study responded to an annual survey on physical activity and physical functioning (SF-36) before and after retirement.

Predicting long-term sickness absence with employee questionnaires and administrative records: a prospective cohort study of hospital employees.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the utility of risk estimation derived from questionnaires and administrative records in predicting long-term sickness absence among shift workers.

Methods: This prospective cohort study comprised 3197 shift-working hospital employees (mean age 44.5 years, 88.

Physical activity and self-rated health during retirement transition: a multitrajectory analysis of concurrent changes among public sector employees.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate concurrent changes in physical activity and self-rated health during retirement transition over 4 years by multivariate trajectory analysis and to examine whether sociodemographic and lifestyle factors predict the probability of being classified to a certain subgroup of observed changes.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Public sector employees.

Prediction of violence or threat of violence among employees in social work, healthcare and education: the Finnish Public Sector cohort study.

Objectives: To develop a risk prediction algorithm for identifying work units with increased risk of violence in the workplace.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Public sector employees in Finland.

Do Sleep Problems Explain the Association Between Work Stress and the Trajectories of Work Ability From Midlife to Pensionable Age?

Objective: This study examined whether mid-life work stress, defined as job strain and effort-reward imbalance (ERI), predicts work ability trajectories observed 12 years preceding the individual pensionable age. In addition, the role of sleep problems as a mediator in these associations was examined.

Methods: Survey data were collected from 2707 Finnish municipal employees.

Weekday and weekend physical activity patterns and their correlates among young adults.

Background: Accelerometers enable assessment of within and between day variation in physical activity. The main aim was to examine weekday and weekend physical activity patterns among young adults. Additionally, correlates of the physical activity patterns were examined.

Estimating Dementia Risk Using Multifactorial Prediction Models.

Importance: The clinical value of current multifactorial algorithms for individualized assessment of dementia risk remains unclear.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical value associated with 4 widely used dementia risk scores in estimating 10-year dementia risk.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This prospective population-based UK Biobank cohort study assessed 4 dementia risk scores at baseline (2006-2010) and ascertained incident dementia during the following 10 years.