Heimo Viinamäki
Biographic Data
| ID | 1560381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heimo Viinamäki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heimo |
| FAMILY NAME | Viinamäki |
| SIGNATURE | VIINAMÄKI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kuopio University Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0448-2823 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Preoperative sense of coherence associated with the 10-year outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery
A prospective 10-year follow-up study was conducted to determine the significance of the preoperative sense of coherence, with respect to the preoperative and 10-year clinical characteristics, among lumbar spinal stenosis patients ( N = 99). In addition, the predictive value of the preoperative sense of coherence regarding the 10-year surgery outcome was also evaluated. In a logistic regression analysis, a weak preoperative sense of coherence and…
Low sense of coherence during postoperative recovery is associated with a poorer lumbar spinal stenosis – surgical outcome
This study investigated the association between the 3-month postoperative sense of coherence and the 5-year postoperative outcome of decompressive surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. The participants with a lower sense of coherence at the 3-month follow-up had a poorer functional ability and lower satisfaction with surgery, higher pain ratings, lower life satisfaction and more depressive symptoms 5 years postoperatively. A low 3-month sense of co…
Low sense of coherence interferes with lumbar spinal stenosis patients’ postoperative recovery
In a prospective observational study ( N = 97) we examined the changes in the SOC score after a surgical intervention for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and the factors associated with low and high SOC scores. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the predictors for the lowest SOC tertile. The post-surgical recovery among the low SOC group halted on three-month follow-up, whereas in the high SOC group a steady improvement was detect…
Unemployment and ill health
This preliminary finding suggests that stress-induced low-grade inflammation might be a link between unemployment and ill health
Leisure-time physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and feelings of hopelessness in men
Moderate and vigorous LTPA and cardiorespiratory fitness were inversely associated with hopelessness in these middle-aged men. These findings suggest that physical inactivity and poor cardiorespiratory fitness is an important associate of hopelessness, a distinct element of low subjective well-being
Metabolic syndrome is associated with impaired health-related quality of life
Recovery from Depression
Background: The recovery from depression and factors associated with it are not well known in the general population. Aims: To conduct a two-year follow-up of general population subjects and investigate their recovery from depression. Methods: Individuals who were assessed as suffering from depression on the basis of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores were monitored for two years. Results: Sixty-five per cent were still depressed after two ye…
Alexithymia After Traumatic Brain Injury
OBJECTIVE: People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) were studied to assess the prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and psychiatric disorders. METHODS: Fifty-four participants, 67% men, were evaluated after a median of 30 years since TBI. A control group was matched for age, gender, and severity of depression. Alexithymia was measured with the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). In pa…
Ftors Associated with Hopelessness
Background: Hopelessness is associated with depression and suicidality in clinical as well as in non-clinical populations. However, data on the prevalence of hopelessness and the associated factors in general population are exiguous. Aims: To assess the prevalence and the associated factors of hopelessness in a general population sample. Methods: The random population sample consisted of 1722 subjects. The study questionnaires included the Beck H…
Life satisfaction in patients with chest pain subsequently diagnosed as coronary heart disease – connection through depressive symptoms
Clinical recovery in cognitive functioning and self-image among adolescents with major depressive disorder and conduct disorder during psychiatric inpatient care
This prospective study examined psychosocial and cognitive functioning among adolescents with major depressive disorder and conduct disorder under comprehensive psychiatric inpatient care. Nonverbal and general cognitive performance, self-image, and overall psychosocial functioning improved in both groups. Nevertheless, more changes in self-image and family functioning were found among patients with major depressive disorder. Mental health servic…
Life Satisfaction and Suicide
OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated whether self-reported life satisfaction predicted suicide over a period of 20 years (1976-1995) in adults unselected for mental health status. METHOD: A nationwide sample of adults aged 18-64 years (N=29,173) from the Finnish Twin Cohort responded to a health questionnaire that included a life satisfaction scale (score range=4-20, with higher scores indicating greater dissatisfaction) that covered four items: i…
Religious Attendance and Life Satisfaction in the Finnish General Population
In this study we investigated whether there were associations between religious attendance and life satisfaction in the Finnish general population. Furthermore, we examined whether social support could explain these associations. The nationwide sample included 869 women and 773 men. The respondents were asked during telephone interviews about sociodemographic variables, their household category, social and family support, and the frequencies of r…
Effect of Major Depression on the Self-Image of Adolescent Boys and Girls
Depression is strongly associated with alexithymia in the general population
Men, women and friends — are there differences in relation to mental well-being
Stability and Internal Consistency of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire
Associations between Religious Attendance, Social Support, and Depression in Psychiatric Patients
Religious attendance and social support have been found to be positively associated with mental well-being, although this may be threatened by depression. Here we studied whether religious attendance was associated with mildness of depression and whether social support explained this association among 1,179 patients in community mental health services in Kuopio province, Finland. More women (20%) than men (11%) attended religious events regularly…
Interaction in Health Education
The usefulness of the application of the psychodynamic frame of reference in person- to-person health education is examined in the presert study. The health educator's proper understanding of his client through an integrative use of his own cognitive and emotional responses to the client is first discussed. Depending on the level of maturity of their personalities, and on the nature of their formative relations, the clients will develop different…
Low sense of coherence interferes with lumbar spinal stenosis patients’ postoperative recovery
In a prospective observational study ( N = 97) we examined the changes in the SOC score after a surgical intervention for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and the factors associated with low and high SOC scores. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the predictors for the lowest SOC tertile. The post-surgical recovery among the low SOC group halted on three-month follow-up, whereas in the high SOC group a steady improvement was detect…
Effect of Major Depression on the Self-Image of Adolescent Boys and Girls
Stability and Internal Consistency of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire
Low sense of coherence during postoperative recovery is associated with a poorer lumbar spinal stenosis – surgical outcome
This study investigated the association between the 3-month postoperative sense of coherence and the 5-year postoperative outcome of decompressive surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. The participants with a lower sense of coherence at the 3-month follow-up had a poorer functional ability and lower satisfaction with surgery, higher pain ratings, lower life satisfaction and more depressive symptoms 5 years postoperatively. A low 3-month sense of co…
Interaction in Health Education
The usefulness of the application of the psychodynamic frame of reference in person- to-person health education is examined in the presert study. The health educator's proper understanding of his client through an integrative use of his own cognitive and emotional responses to the client is first discussed. Depending on the level of maturity of their personalities, and on the nature of their formative relations, the clients will develop different…
Associations between Religious Attendance, Social Support, and Depression in Psychiatric Patients
Religious attendance and social support have been found to be positively associated with mental well-being, although this may be threatened by depression. Here we studied whether religious attendance was associated with mildness of depression and whether social support explained this association among 1,179 patients in community mental health services in Kuopio province, Finland. More women (20%) than men (11%) attended religious events regularly…
Stability and Internal Consistency of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire
Depression is strongly associated with alexithymia in the general population
Men, women and friends — are there differences in relation to mental well-being
Life Satisfaction and Suicide
OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated whether self-reported life satisfaction predicted suicide over a period of 20 years (1976-1995) in adults unselected for mental health status. METHOD: A nationwide sample of adults aged 18-64 years (N=29,173) from the Finnish Twin Cohort responded to a health questionnaire that included a life satisfaction scale (score range=4-20, with higher scores indicating greater dissatisfaction) that covered four items: i…
Religious Attendance and Life Satisfaction in the Finnish General Population
In this study we investigated whether there were associations between religious attendance and life satisfaction in the Finnish general population. Furthermore, we examined whether social support could explain these associations. The nationwide sample included 869 women and 773 men. The respondents were asked during telephone interviews about sociodemographic variables, their household category, social and family support, and the frequencies of r…
Effect of Major Depression on the Self-Image of Adolescent Boys and Girls
Life satisfaction in patients with chest pain subsequently diagnosed as coronary heart disease – connection through depressive symptoms
Clinical recovery in cognitive functioning and self-image among adolescents with major depressive disorder and conduct disorder during psychiatric inpatient care
This prospective study examined psychosocial and cognitive functioning among adolescents with major depressive disorder and conduct disorder under comprehensive psychiatric inpatient care. Nonverbal and general cognitive performance, self-image, and overall psychosocial functioning improved in both groups. Nevertheless, more changes in self-image and family functioning were found among patients with major depressive disorder. Mental health servic…
Ftors Associated with Hopelessness
Background: Hopelessness is associated with depression and suicidality in clinical as well as in non-clinical populations. However, data on the prevalence of hopelessness and the associated factors in general population are exiguous. Aims: To assess the prevalence and the associated factors of hopelessness in a general population sample. Methods: The random population sample consisted of 1722 subjects. The study questionnaires included the Beck H…
Alexithymia After Traumatic Brain Injury
OBJECTIVE: People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) were studied to assess the prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and psychiatric disorders. METHODS: Fifty-four participants, 67% men, were evaluated after a median of 30 years since TBI. A control group was matched for age, gender, and severity of depression. Alexithymia was measured with the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). In pa…
Recovery from Depression
Background: The recovery from depression and factors associated with it are not well known in the general population. Aims: To conduct a two-year follow-up of general population subjects and investigate their recovery from depression. Methods: Individuals who were assessed as suffering from depression on the basis of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores were monitored for two years. Results: Sixty-five per cent were still depressed after two ye…
Metabolic syndrome is associated with impaired health-related quality of life
Unemployment and ill health
This preliminary finding suggests that stress-induced low-grade inflammation might be a link between unemployment and ill health
Leisure-time physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and feelings of hopelessness in men
Moderate and vigorous LTPA and cardiorespiratory fitness were inversely associated with hopelessness in these middle-aged men. These findings suggest that physical inactivity and poor cardiorespiratory fitness is an important associate of hopelessness, a distinct element of low subjective well-being
Low sense of coherence interferes with lumbar spinal stenosis patients’ postoperative recovery
In a prospective observational study ( N = 97) we examined the changes in the SOC score after a surgical intervention for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and the factors associated with low and high SOC scores. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the predictors for the lowest SOC tertile. The post-surgical recovery among the low SOC group halted on three-month follow-up, whereas in the high SOC group a steady improvement was detect…
Low sense of coherence during postoperative recovery is associated with a poorer lumbar spinal stenosis – surgical outcome
This study investigated the association between the 3-month postoperative sense of coherence and the 5-year postoperative outcome of decompressive surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. The participants with a lower sense of coherence at the 3-month follow-up had a poorer functional ability and lower satisfaction with surgery, higher pain ratings, lower life satisfaction and more depressive symptoms 5 years postoperatively. A low 3-month sense of co…
Preoperative sense of coherence associated with the 10-year outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery
A prospective 10-year follow-up study was conducted to determine the significance of the preoperative sense of coherence, with respect to the preoperative and 10-year clinical characteristics, among lumbar spinal stenosis patients ( N = 99). In addition, the predictive value of the preoperative sense of coherence regarding the 10-year surgery outcome was also evaluated. In a logistic regression analysis, a weak preoperative sense of coherence and…
Medicine (19 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Logistic regression (8 works) · Population (7 works) · Depression (economics) (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works)