Hannu Kautiainen
Biographic Data
| ID | 100024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hannu Kautiainen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hannu |
| FAMILY NAME | Kautiainen |
| SIGNATURE | KAUTIAINEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0786-0858 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Relationship between health-related quality of life and emergency department visit reduction in older adults
The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the incidence of emergency department (ED) visits in a population of home-dwelling 75-year-olds. This study included home-dwelling older adults aged 75 in Western Finland, who participated in health screenings between 2020 and 2021, which included laboratory tests, self-reported questionnaires, and nurse interviews. HRQoL was measured using the …
Association of duration of treatment on post-discharge mortality in forensic psychiatric patients in Finland
Longer treatment time is associated with reduced post-discharge mortality in forensic psychiatric patients in Finland. Especially males and individuals with SUD are at higher mortality risk after release, but longer treatment duration may mitigate these risks. Longer periods of hospitalization have to be, however, viewed against the backdrop of institutionalization and loss of self-determination
General and violent recidivism of former forensic psychiatric patients in Finland
The recidivism rate in Finland was markedly lower than has been previously reported for other Western countries, and the mean duration of treatment was also longer. A longer treatment time may reduce the risk of criminal recidivism in forensic psychiatric patients. The results suggest, as previous studies have found, that more effort is indicated on the treatment of substance abuse
Health-related quality of life after hip fracture
Preconception Mental Health, Socioeconomic Status, and Pregnancy Outcomes in Primiparous Women
Background: One in four women of childbearing age has some degree of mental disorders and are, therefore, prone to both pregnancy complications and adverse health outcomes in their offspring. We aimed to evaluate the impact of preconception severe mental disorders on pregnancy outcomes in primiparous women. Methods: The study cohort was composed of 6,189 Finnish primiparous women without previously diagnosed diabetes, who delivered between 2009 a…
Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Patients With Hypermobility Type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hypermobile type (hEDS) often report a decrease of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), symptoms of anxiety and depression, and show a prevalent incidence of psychiatric disorders. Still, there seems to be a lack of a more thorough analysis addressing the relations between these entities. We studied the HRQoL and its relations with depressive symptoms and subgroups of anxiety in a group of patients with hE…
Female Psychopathy and Mortality
The mortality of female psychopaths has scarcely been investigated. To estimate the association between psychopathy and mortality, data from subjects having been in forensic psychiatric assessments at Niuvanniemi Hospital during 1984-1993 were linked to the data from the National Death Registry. Sixteen psychopathic females scoring 25 points or higher in the PCL-R scale (psychopaths) were followed up for a median (IQR) 21 (17-25) years and 41 off…
Work incapacity among family caregivers
BACKGROUND: Family caregiving-related physical and mental health problems may lead to work incapacity in employed caregivers. The aim of this study was to quantify sickness absences and disability pensions (SADP) among high-intensity family caregivers available to the labour market compared with a control population. METHODS: The study sample included all individuals in Finland, who had received caregiver's allowance and were available to the lab…
Analgesic purchases among older adults – a population-based study
Substantial NSAID and opioid purchases emerged. The importance of proper pain assessment and individual deliberation in terms of analgesic contraindications and pain quality, as well as non-pharmacological pain management, need to be highlighted in order to optimize older adults' pain management
Body composition and changes in health-related quality of life in older age
In older community-dwelling adults, higher fat mass is, independent of lean mass, associated with lower physical HRQoL and greater decline in HRQoL. Prevention of adiposity may contribute to preservation of a good quality of life in older age
Beliefs and attitudes towards lifestyle change and risks in primary care – a community-based study
Beliefs and attitudes are related to lifestyle. Subjects with underrating and resistant attitudes with pessimism/helplessness seem to have a low potential for lifestyle change while those with resistant attitudes without pessimism and helplessness may have the most significant potential for lifestyle change. These findings suggest that it is possible to identify different groups of people with different needs and readiness and ability for health …
Association of midlife value priorities with health-related quality of life, frailty and mortality among older men
Perceived Financial Satisfaction, Health Related Quality of Life and depressive Symptoms in Early Pregnancy
Mortality and causes of death among homeless in Finland
BACKGROUND: Homelessness is associated with increased mortality, and some predictors of mortality have been previously identified. We examined the overall and cause-specific mortality among homeless men in Helsinki and the associations of social background and health service use with mortality. METHODS: To assess cause-specific mortality in a competing risks framework, we performed a register-based, case-control study of 617 homeless men and an a…
Healthy Food Intake Index (HFII) – Validity and reproducibility in a gestational-diabetes-risk population
The HFII components reflect the food guidelines of the NNR, intakes of relevant nutrients, and characteristics known to vary with diet quality. It largely ignores energy intake, its components have independent contribution to the HFII, and it exhibits reproducibility. The main shortcomings are absence of red and processed meat component, and the validation in a selected study population. It is suitable for ranking participants according to the ad…
Financial satisfaction and its relationship to depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults
BACKGROUND: Studies using traditional measures of socio-economic position, such as education, income and occupation, have found inequalities in depressive symptoms, but less is known about the association between financial satisfaction and depressive symptoms. AIMS: To examine the association of depressive symptoms with financial satisfaction in Finnish adults in a population-based cross-sectional FIN-D2D survey. METHODS: Four thousand, five hund…
Body mass index and health-related quality of life in apparently healthy individuals
Anxiety and depression are independent predictors of quality of life of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain
We examined the relative impact of baseline anxiety, depression and fear of movement on health related quality of life at 12-month follow-up after a multidisciplinary pain management programme. One hundred and eleven patients who had chronic musculoskeletal pain (mean age 45 years, 65% women) attended during 2003-2005 a multidisciplinary three-phase pain management programme with a total time frame of six to seven months, totalling 19 days. The B…
Relationships between depressive symptoms and self-reported unintentional injuries
PA level was not related to unintentional injuries, whereas those with DS had a higher prevalence of unintentional injuries and prolonged activity-loss after injury. These results underline the importance of injury prevention, especially among those who have DS and additional risk factors
Psychological Distress Predicts the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome
Objective: To examine prospectively the association of psychological distress with the development of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the potential influence of demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and inflammation in this association. Methods: A total of 466 (n = 185 males; 281 females) subjects, aged 36 to 56 years, and free of MetS at baseline, participated in a population-based study from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2004 to 2005. …
School fitness tests as predictors of adult health‐related fitness
Relationships between adolescent physical fitness and adult health‐related fitness were investigated. Forty‐five subjects (20 males, 25 females) participated in physical fitness tests in 1976 and again in 2001. The adolescent physical fitness tests were distance running (2,000 m for boys or 1,500 m for girls), 50 m run, pull‐ups (boys) or flexed arm hangs (girls), shuttle run, a 30‐sec sit‐up test, standing broad jump, hand grip‐test, and sit‐and…
Anxiety and depression are independent predictors of quality of life of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain
We examined the relative impact of baseline anxiety, depression and fear of movement on health related quality of life at 12-month follow-up after a multidisciplinary pain management programme. One hundred and eleven patients who had chronic musculoskeletal pain (mean age 45 years, 65% women) attended during 2003-2005 a multidisciplinary three-phase pain management programme with a total time frame of six to seven months, totalling 19 days. The B…
Mortality and causes of death among homeless in Finland
BACKGROUND: Homelessness is associated with increased mortality, and some predictors of mortality have been previously identified. We examined the overall and cause-specific mortality among homeless men in Helsinki and the associations of social background and health service use with mortality. METHODS: To assess cause-specific mortality in a competing risks framework, we performed a register-based, case-control study of 617 homeless men and an a…
School fitness tests as predictors of adult health‐related fitness
Relationships between adolescent physical fitness and adult health‐related fitness were investigated. Forty‐five subjects (20 males, 25 females) participated in physical fitness tests in 1976 and again in 2001. The adolescent physical fitness tests were distance running (2,000 m for boys or 1,500 m for girls), 50 m run, pull‐ups (boys) or flexed arm hangs (girls), shuttle run, a 30‐sec sit‐up test, standing broad jump, hand grip‐test, and sit‐and…
Psychological Distress Predicts the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome
Objective: To examine prospectively the association of psychological distress with the development of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the potential influence of demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and inflammation in this association. Methods: A total of 466 (n = 185 males; 281 females) subjects, aged 36 to 56 years, and free of MetS at baseline, participated in a population-based study from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2004 to 2005. …
Relationships between depressive symptoms and self-reported unintentional injuries
PA level was not related to unintentional injuries, whereas those with DS had a higher prevalence of unintentional injuries and prolonged activity-loss after injury. These results underline the importance of injury prevention, especially among those who have DS and additional risk factors
Financial satisfaction and its relationship to depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults
BACKGROUND: Studies using traditional measures of socio-economic position, such as education, income and occupation, have found inequalities in depressive symptoms, but less is known about the association between financial satisfaction and depressive symptoms. AIMS: To examine the association of depressive symptoms with financial satisfaction in Finnish adults in a population-based cross-sectional FIN-D2D survey. METHODS: Four thousand, five hund…
Body mass index and health-related quality of life in apparently healthy individuals
Anxiety and depression are independent predictors of quality of life of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain
We examined the relative impact of baseline anxiety, depression and fear of movement on health related quality of life at 12-month follow-up after a multidisciplinary pain management programme. One hundred and eleven patients who had chronic musculoskeletal pain (mean age 45 years, 65% women) attended during 2003-2005 a multidisciplinary three-phase pain management programme with a total time frame of six to seven months, totalling 19 days. The B…
Healthy Food Intake Index (HFII) – Validity and reproducibility in a gestational-diabetes-risk population
The HFII components reflect the food guidelines of the NNR, intakes of relevant nutrients, and characteristics known to vary with diet quality. It largely ignores energy intake, its components have independent contribution to the HFII, and it exhibits reproducibility. The main shortcomings are absence of red and processed meat component, and the validation in a selected study population. It is suitable for ranking participants according to the ad…
Perceived Financial Satisfaction, Health Related Quality of Life and depressive Symptoms in Early Pregnancy
Mortality and causes of death among homeless in Finland
BACKGROUND: Homelessness is associated with increased mortality, and some predictors of mortality have been previously identified. We examined the overall and cause-specific mortality among homeless men in Helsinki and the associations of social background and health service use with mortality. METHODS: To assess cause-specific mortality in a competing risks framework, we performed a register-based, case-control study of 617 homeless men and an a…
Association of midlife value priorities with health-related quality of life, frailty and mortality among older men
Beliefs and attitudes towards lifestyle change and risks in primary care – a community-based study
Beliefs and attitudes are related to lifestyle. Subjects with underrating and resistant attitudes with pessimism/helplessness seem to have a low potential for lifestyle change while those with resistant attitudes without pessimism and helplessness may have the most significant potential for lifestyle change. These findings suggest that it is possible to identify different groups of people with different needs and readiness and ability for health …
Body composition and changes in health-related quality of life in older age
In older community-dwelling adults, higher fat mass is, independent of lean mass, associated with lower physical HRQoL and greater decline in HRQoL. Prevention of adiposity may contribute to preservation of a good quality of life in older age
Analgesic purchases among older adults – a population-based study
Substantial NSAID and opioid purchases emerged. The importance of proper pain assessment and individual deliberation in terms of analgesic contraindications and pain quality, as well as non-pharmacological pain management, need to be highlighted in order to optimize older adults' pain management
Preconception Mental Health, Socioeconomic Status, and Pregnancy Outcomes in Primiparous Women
Background: One in four women of childbearing age has some degree of mental disorders and are, therefore, prone to both pregnancy complications and adverse health outcomes in their offspring. We aimed to evaluate the impact of preconception severe mental disorders on pregnancy outcomes in primiparous women. Methods: The study cohort was composed of 6,189 Finnish primiparous women without previously diagnosed diabetes, who delivered between 2009 a…
Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Patients With Hypermobility Type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hypermobile type (hEDS) often report a decrease of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), symptoms of anxiety and depression, and show a prevalent incidence of psychiatric disorders. Still, there seems to be a lack of a more thorough analysis addressing the relations between these entities. We studied the HRQoL and its relations with depressive symptoms and subgroups of anxiety in a group of patients with hE…
Female Psychopathy and Mortality
The mortality of female psychopaths has scarcely been investigated. To estimate the association between psychopathy and mortality, data from subjects having been in forensic psychiatric assessments at Niuvanniemi Hospital during 1984-1993 were linked to the data from the National Death Registry. Sixteen psychopathic females scoring 25 points or higher in the PCL-R scale (psychopaths) were followed up for a median (IQR) 21 (17-25) years and 41 off…
Work incapacity among family caregivers
BACKGROUND: Family caregiving-related physical and mental health problems may lead to work incapacity in employed caregivers. The aim of this study was to quantify sickness absences and disability pensions (SADP) among high-intensity family caregivers available to the labour market compared with a control population. METHODS: The study sample included all individuals in Finland, who had received caregiver's allowance and were available to the lab…
General and violent recidivism of former forensic psychiatric patients in Finland
The recidivism rate in Finland was markedly lower than has been previously reported for other Western countries, and the mean duration of treatment was also longer. A longer treatment time may reduce the risk of criminal recidivism in forensic psychiatric patients. The results suggest, as previous studies have found, that more effort is indicated on the treatment of substance abuse
Health-related quality of life after hip fracture
Association of duration of treatment on post-discharge mortality in forensic psychiatric patients in Finland
Longer treatment time is associated with reduced post-discharge mortality in forensic psychiatric patients in Finland. Especially males and individuals with SUD are at higher mortality risk after release, but longer treatment duration may mitigate these risks. Longer periods of hospitalization have to be, however, viewed against the backdrop of institutionalization and loss of self-determination
Relationship between health-related quality of life and emergency department visit reduction in older adults
The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the incidence of emergency department (ED) visits in a population of home-dwelling 75-year-olds. This study included home-dwelling older adults aged 75 in Western Finland, who participated in health screenings between 2020 and 2021, which included laboratory tests, self-reported questionnaires, and nurse interviews. HRQoL was measured using the …
Medicine (20 works) · Demography (12 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Population (10 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Physical therapy (8 works) · Quality of life (healthcare (8 works) · Demography (7 works)