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Sampsa Puttonen

Sampsa Puttonen

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
44
Citations
6974
World Ranking
4197
National Ranking
38

Overview

Sampsa Puttonen is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and health professions, with significant contributions to experimental and cognitive psychology as well as general health professions. Other subfields include social psychology, clinical psychology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics of Puttonen's work include:

  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Sleep and Related Disorders
  • Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin

Puttonen's recent publications cover a range of issues related to stress, shift work, and health outcomes. Notable papers include:

  • "Personalized mental stress detection with self-organizing map: From laboratory to the field" (2020) published in Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • "The effects of using participatory working time scheduling software on sickness absence: A difference-in-differences study" (2020) published in International Journal of Nursing Studies
  • "The effects of using participatory working time scheduling software on working hour characteristics and wellbeing: A quasi-experimental study of irregular shift work" (2020) published in International Journal of Nursing Studies
  • "The Associations of Electronic Health Record Usability and User Age With Stress and Cognitive Failures Among Finnish Registered Nurses: Cross-Sectional Study" (2020) published in JMIR Medical Informatics
  • "Association of shift work with mood disorders and sleep problems according to chronotype: a 17-year cohort study" (2021) published in Chronobiology International

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mikko Härmä
  • Kati Karhula
  • Tarja Hakola
  • Annina Ropponen
  • Aki Koskinen

Puttonen regularly publishes in several venues related to occupational health and chronobiology, with numerous articles in:

  • Industrial Health
  • Chronobiology International
  • Applied Ergonomics
  • International Journal of Nursing Studies
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Shift work and cardiovascular disease – pathways from circadian stress to morbidity

    Sampsa Puttonen;Mikko Härmä;Christer Hublin

  • The psychophysiology of James Bond: phasic emotional responses to violent video game events

    Niklas Ravaja;Marko Turpeinen;Timo Saari;Sampsa Puttonen

  • Work stress and incidence of newly diagnosed fibromyalgia: prospective cohort study.

    Mika Kivimaki;Päivi Leino-Arjas;Marianna Virtanen;Marko Elovainio

  • Developing register-based measures for assessment of working time patterns for epidemiologic studies

    Mikko Härmä;Annina Ropponen;Tarja Hakola;Aki Koskinen

  • Effect of Shiftwork on Systemic Markers of Inflammation

    Sampsa Puttonen;Katriina Viitasalo;Mikko Härmä

  • BIS/BAS sensitivity and self-rated affects during experimentally induced stress

    Tarja Heponiemi;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen;Sampsa Puttonen;Niklas Ravaja

  • Depressive symptoms and the metabolic syndrome in childhood and adulthood: a prospective cohort study.

    Laura Pulkki-Råback;Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimäki;Noora Mattsson

  • Temperament and depressive symptoms: a population-based longitudinal study on Cloninger's psychobiological temperament model.

    Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimäki;Sampsa Puttonen;Tarja Heponiemi

  • Shift work in young adults and carotid artery intima–media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study

    Sampsa Puttonen;Mika Kivimäki;Marko Elovainio;Laura Pulkki-Råback

  • Cardiac autonomic reactivity and recovery in predicting carotid atherosclerosis: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

    Tarja Heponiemi;Marko Elovainio;Laura Pulkki;Sampsa Puttonen

  • Environmental Stress Affects DNA Methylation of a CpG Rich Promoter Region of Serotonin Transporter Gene in a Nurse Cohort

    Jukka S. Alasaari;Markus Lagus;Hanna M. Ollila;Auli Toivola

  • High perceived stress is associated with unfavorable eating behavior in overweight and obese Finns of working age.

    Elina Järvelä-Reijonen;Leila Karhunen;Essi Sairanen;Sanni Rantala

  • Five-factor personality traits and sleep: Evidence from two population-based cohort studies

    Mirka Hintsanen;Sampsa Puttonen;Kylie Smith;Maria Törnroos

  • Subjective stress, objective heart rate variability-based stress, and recovery on workdays among overweight and psychologically distressed individuals: a cross-sectional study

    Tiina Föhr;Asko Tolvanen;Tero Myllymäki;Elina Järvelä-Reijonen

  • The longitudinal effects of social support and hostility on depressive tendencies.

    Tarja Heponiemi;Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimäki;Laura Pulkki

  • Serotonin receptor 2A gene and the influence of childhood maternal nurturance on adulthood depressive symptoms.

    Markus Jokela;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen;Mika Kivimäki;Sampsa Puttonen

  • The relationship between current and former shift work and the metabolic syndrome.

    Sampsa Puttonen;Katriina Viitasalo;Mikko Härmä

  • Effort-reward imbalance, heart rate, and heart rate variability: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

    Mirka Hintsanen;Marko Elovainio;Sampsa Puttonen;Mika Kivimäki

  • Depressive symptoms and C-reactive protein: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

    Marko Elovainio;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen;Laura Pulkki-Råback;Mika Kivimäki

  • Food and nutrient intake among workers with different shift systems

    Katri Hemiö;Sampsa Puttonen;Katriina Viitasalo;Mikko Härmä

  • Experienced time pressure and stress: electronic health records usability and information technology competence play a role.

    Tuulikki Vehko;Hannele Hyppönen;Sampsa Puttonen;Sari Kujala

Frequent Co-Authors

Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen
Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen University of Helsinki
Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Laura Pulkki-Råback
Laura Pulkki-Råback University of Helsinki
Mirka Hintsanen
Mirka Hintsanen University of Oulu
Tarja Heponiemi
Tarja Heponiemi Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Niklas Ravaja
Niklas Ravaja University of Helsinki
Raimo Lappalainen
Raimo Lappalainen University of Jyväskylä
Markus Jokela
Markus Jokela University of Helsinki
Göran Kecklund
Göran Kecklund Stockholm University
Asko Tolvanen
Asko Tolvanen University of Jyväskylä

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