Pekka Mäntyselkä

Biographic Data

ID5456957
NAMEPekka Mäntyselkä
GIVEN NAMESPekka
FAMILY NAMEMäntyselkä
SIGNATUREMÄNTYSELKÄ P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Eastern Finland
ORCID0000-0002-5236-1815
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • All-cause 2-year mortality after hospital discharge among 4273 adults in Nairobi, Kenya with a special focus on inflammatory rheumatic diseases

    Open AccessBenwillies Onchong’a, Tuulikki Sokka-Isler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Findings concerning the mortality rate among inflammatory rheumatic disease (IRD) patients compared to patients without IRD indicate an increased rate amongst the former [1]. On the other hand, the difference in mortality rates appears to be somewhat negligible in countries where patients have access to modern treatments and advanced rheumatology care [2,3]. By and large, [...]

  • Short-term impact of co-payment level increase on the use of medication and patient-reported outcomes in Finnish patients with type 2 diabetes

    Open AccessPiia Lavikainen, Emma Aarnio et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2020

    A new reimbursement scheme for non-insulin medications used for treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes (T2D) was implemented in Finland on January 1, 2017. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of this co-payment increase (i.e. + 35 percentage points) on patient-reported satisfaction for diabetes care, diabetes medication use, and financial difficulties. Baseline data were collected in 114 pharmacies, where patients with T2D were…

  • Beliefs and attitudes towards lifestyle change and risks in primary care – a community-based study

    Open AccessPekka Mäntyselkä, Hannu Kautiainen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    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 …

  • Financial satisfaction and its relationship to depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults

    Open AccessNina Rautio, Hannu Kautiainen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2013

    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…

  • Relationships between depressive symptoms and self-reported unintentional injuries

    Open AccessKatariina Korniloff, Arja Häkkinen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    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

    Pekka Puustinen, Pekka Johannes Puustinen et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011

    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. …