Saana
Myllyntausta
University Lecturer, Psychology
PhD
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Areas of expertise
Sleep
sleep research
work stressors, retirement
ageing
accelerometer
longitudinal research
Biography
MA, psychology, University of Turku 2016
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Turku 2020
Teaching
I teach quantitative research methods and statitsics as well as sleep-related topics to students of psychology and speech-language pathology.
Research
I work as a university lecturer in the field of psyhology at the Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology of University of Turku. In my research, I examine sleep among older employees. In my PhD thesis, I examined changes in sleep during the transition to retirement.
Publications
Concurrent changes in sleep and physical activity during the transition to retirement: a prospective cohort study (2020)
Sleep Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in self-reported and accelerometer-based sleep during the transition to retirement (2020)
(G5 Artikkeliväitöskirja)Effect of the frequency spectrum of road traffic noise on sleep: A polysomnographic study (2020)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Sleep tracking of a commercially available smart ring and smartwatch against medical-grade actigraphy in everyday settings: instrument validation study (2020)
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Associations of accelerometer-based sleep duration and self-reported sleep difficulties with cognitive function in late mid-life: The Finnish Retirement and Aging Study (2020)
Sleep Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in Accelerometer-Measured Sleep during the Transition to Retirement: The Finnish Retirement and Aging (FIREA) study (2020)
Sleep
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The effect of road traffic noise spectrum on sleep (2019)
International Congress on Acoustics, International Congress on Acoustics
(B3 Vertaisarvioimaton artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa)
Does removal of work stress explain improved sleep following retirement? The Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2019)
Sleep
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sleep Before and After Retirement (2018)
Current Sleep Medicine Reports
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Changes in Sleep Difficulties During the Transition to Statutory Retirement (2018)
Sleep
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))