Aki Koskinen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5539742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aki Koskinen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aki |
| FAMILY NAME | Koskinen |
| SIGNATURE | KOSKINEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Finnish Institute of Occupational Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3450-4421 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Time spent abroad as a source of human capital – A nationwide study
This study examined the extent to which time spent abroad contributes to human capital, using higher income as an indicator. Utilising Finnish register data, the study focused on returning migrants with higher education ( N = 3497), matched with a reference population ( N = 30,882). Time abroad was associated with a higher income level upon return amongst men (returnees €63,199, reference €55,982), but not amongst women (returnees €39,316, refere…
Nurse Staffing Level, Length of Work Experience, and Risk of Health Care–Associated Infections Among Hospital Patients: A Prospective Record Linkage Study
BACKGROUND: Nurse understaffing may have several adverse consequences for patients in hospitals, such as health care-associated infections (HAIs), but there is little longitudinal evidence available on staffing levels and HAIs with consideration of incubation times to confirm this. Using daily longitudinal data, we analyzed temporal associations between nurse understaffing and limited work experience, and the risk of HAIs. METHODS: The study was …
Concurrent trajectories of self-rated health and working hour patterns in health care shift workers: A longitudinal analysis with 8-year follow-up
Background: The association between health and working hours is hypothesized to be reciprocal, but few longitudinal studies have examined changes in both health and working hour patterns over time. We examined combined trajectories of self-related health and two working hour patterns (working <35 h/week and working night shifts) and the extent to which these trajectories were predicted by employees' lifestyle and mental health. Methods: Participa…
The Time-Varying Effect of Participatory Shift Scheduling on Working Hour Characteristics and Sickness Absence: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Hospitals
Participatory shift scheduling for irregular working hours can influence shift schedules and sickness absence. We investigated the effects of using participatory shift scheduling and shift schedule evaluation tools on working hour characteristics and sickness absence. We utilized a panel data for 2015-2019 with 16,557 hospital employees (6143 in the intervention and 10,345 in the control group). Difference-in-differences regression with ward-leve…
A Longitudinal Study on Trajectories of Night Work and Sickness Absence among Hospital Employees
This study aimed to investigate trajectories of night shift work in irregular shift work across a 12-year follow-up among hospital employees with and without sickness absence (SA). The payroll-based register data of one hospital district in Finland included objective working hours and SA from 2008 to 2019. The number of night shifts per year was used in group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM). The results indicate that, among those who had any sic…
Occupational class, capitalist class advantage and mortality among working-age men
BACKGROUND: Disparities in mortality have been firmly established across occupational grades and the incomes they earn, but this line of research has failed to include individuals' relationships to capital, as suggested by class analysists. METHODS: According to Wright's classification, the research generated 10 mutually exclusive classes based on occupation and investment income: worker; capitalist worker; professional; capitalist professional; …
Antidepressant medication use among working age first-generation migrants resident in Finland: An administrative data linkage study
The gender and country of origin dependent use of antidepressant medication is discussed in terms of socio-political and cultural between-group differences. Recommendations are made to address inequalities in accessing services, particularly for migrants from non-Western countries
Alcohol use and sickness absence due to all causes and mental- or musculoskeletal disorders: A nationally representative study
These results highlight the need to distinguish between former drinking and lifelong abstinence, as only former drinking was associated with sickness absence. Alcohol use disorder and high-volume drinking were strongly predictive of sickness absence due to mental disorders. Identifying people with excessive alcohol use e.g. in occupational health care, and mapping and supporting their mental health may help in preventing sickness absences
Is a single item stress measure independently associated with subsequent severe injury: A prospective cohort study of 16,385 forest industry employees
High stress is associated with an increased risk of severe injury
Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: A collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data
Organizational predictors and health consequences of changes in burnout: A 12‐year cohort study
We investigated job burnout and job characteristics, including decision authority, skill discretion, predictability, and information flow, among Finnish forestry workers ( N = 4356) in a longitudinal study. We linked these responses individually with data on the participants' subsequent prescriptions for psychotropic drugs including antidepressants. We aim to study the antecedents of changes in burnout levels over four years time and their health…
Organisational merger and psychiatric morbidity: A prospective study in a changing work organisation
A negative change in work organisation during an organisational merger may elevate the risk for postmerger psychiatric morbidity
Sense of coherence and psychiatric morbidity: A 19-year register-based prospective study
BACKGROUND: Most prospective studies on the relationship between sense of coherence (SOC) and mental health have been conducted using subjective health indicators and short-term follow-ups. The objective of this prospective occupational cohort study was to examine whether a strong sense of coherence is a protective factor against psychiatric disorders over a long period of time. METHODS: The study was conducted in a multinational forest industry …
Job strain as a predictor of disability pension: The Finnish Public Sector Study
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether high job strain (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is a risk factor for disability pension. SETTING: Ten municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A prospective cohort study of 20 386 female and 4 764 male Finnish public sector employees aged 19-50 using data from two surveys (baseline in 2000-2 and follow-up in 2005) and employers' registers. In addition to self-report…
Sense of coherence and diabetes: A prospective occupational cohort study
The results suggest that besides focusing on well-known risk factors for diabetes, strengthening SOC in employees of = <50 years of age can also play a role in attempts to tackle increasing rates of diabetes
Lack of Predictability at Work and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction: An 18-Year Prospective Study of Industrial Employees
Objectives. We examined whether the distinctive components of job control—decision authority, skill discretion, and predictability—were related to subsequent acute myocardial infarction (MI) events in a large population of initially heart disease–free industrial employees. Methods. We prospectively examined the relation between the components of job control and acute MI among private-sector industrial employees. During an 18-year follow-up, 56 fa…
Job strain as a predictor of disability pension: The Finnish Public Sector Study
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether high job strain (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is a risk factor for disability pension. SETTING: Ten municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A prospective cohort study of 20 386 female and 4 764 male Finnish public sector employees aged 19-50 using data from two surveys (baseline in 2000-2 and follow-up in 2005) and employers' registers. In addition to self-report…
Occupational class, capitalist class advantage and mortality among working-age men
BACKGROUND: Disparities in mortality have been firmly established across occupational grades and the incomes they earn, but this line of research has failed to include individuals' relationships to capital, as suggested by class analysists. METHODS: According to Wright's classification, the research generated 10 mutually exclusive classes based on occupation and investment income: worker; capitalist worker; professional; capitalist professional; …
Organizational predictors and health consequences of changes in burnout: A 12‐year cohort study
We investigated job burnout and job characteristics, including decision authority, skill discretion, predictability, and information flow, among Finnish forestry workers ( N = 4356) in a longitudinal study. We linked these responses individually with data on the participants' subsequent prescriptions for psychotropic drugs including antidepressants. We aim to study the antecedents of changes in burnout levels over four years time and their health…
Lack of Predictability at Work and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction: An 18-Year Prospective Study of Industrial Employees
Objectives. We examined whether the distinctive components of job control—decision authority, skill discretion, and predictability—were related to subsequent acute myocardial infarction (MI) events in a large population of initially heart disease–free industrial employees. Methods. We prospectively examined the relation between the components of job control and acute MI among private-sector industrial employees. During an 18-year follow-up, 56 fa…
Organisational merger and psychiatric morbidity: A prospective study in a changing work organisation
A negative change in work organisation during an organisational merger may elevate the risk for postmerger psychiatric morbidity
Sense of coherence and psychiatric morbidity: A 19-year register-based prospective study
BACKGROUND: Most prospective studies on the relationship between sense of coherence (SOC) and mental health have been conducted using subjective health indicators and short-term follow-ups. The objective of this prospective occupational cohort study was to examine whether a strong sense of coherence is a protective factor against psychiatric disorders over a long period of time. METHODS: The study was conducted in a multinational forest industry …
Sense of coherence and diabetes: A prospective occupational cohort study
The results suggest that besides focusing on well-known risk factors for diabetes, strengthening SOC in employees of = <50 years of age can also play a role in attempts to tackle increasing rates of diabetes
Lack of Predictability at Work and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction: An 18-Year Prospective Study of Industrial Employees
Objectives. We examined whether the distinctive components of job control—decision authority, skill discretion, and predictability—were related to subsequent acute myocardial infarction (MI) events in a large population of initially heart disease–free industrial employees. Methods. We prospectively examined the relation between the components of job control and acute MI among private-sector industrial employees. During an 18-year follow-up, 56 fa…
Job strain as a predictor of disability pension: The Finnish Public Sector Study
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether high job strain (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is a risk factor for disability pension. SETTING: Ten municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A prospective cohort study of 20 386 female and 4 764 male Finnish public sector employees aged 19-50 using data from two surveys (baseline in 2000-2 and follow-up in 2005) and employers' registers. In addition to self-report…
Sense of coherence and psychiatric morbidity: A 19-year register-based prospective study
BACKGROUND: Most prospective studies on the relationship between sense of coherence (SOC) and mental health have been conducted using subjective health indicators and short-term follow-ups. The objective of this prospective occupational cohort study was to examine whether a strong sense of coherence is a protective factor against psychiatric disorders over a long period of time. METHODS: The study was conducted in a multinational forest industry …
Organisational merger and psychiatric morbidity: A prospective study in a changing work organisation
A negative change in work organisation during an organisational merger may elevate the risk for postmerger psychiatric morbidity
Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: A collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data
Organizational predictors and health consequences of changes in burnout: A 12‐year cohort study
We investigated job burnout and job characteristics, including decision authority, skill discretion, predictability, and information flow, among Finnish forestry workers ( N = 4356) in a longitudinal study. We linked these responses individually with data on the participants' subsequent prescriptions for psychotropic drugs including antidepressants. We aim to study the antecedents of changes in burnout levels over four years time and their health…
Is a single item stress measure independently associated with subsequent severe injury: A prospective cohort study of 16,385 forest industry employees
High stress is associated with an increased risk of severe injury
Alcohol use and sickness absence due to all causes and mental- or musculoskeletal disorders: A nationally representative study
These results highlight the need to distinguish between former drinking and lifelong abstinence, as only former drinking was associated with sickness absence. Alcohol use disorder and high-volume drinking were strongly predictive of sickness absence due to mental disorders. Identifying people with excessive alcohol use e.g. in occupational health care, and mapping and supporting their mental health may help in preventing sickness absences
Antidepressant medication use among working age first-generation migrants resident in Finland: An administrative data linkage study
The gender and country of origin dependent use of antidepressant medication is discussed in terms of socio-political and cultural between-group differences. Recommendations are made to address inequalities in accessing services, particularly for migrants from non-Western countries
Occupational class, capitalist class advantage and mortality among working-age men
BACKGROUND: Disparities in mortality have been firmly established across occupational grades and the incomes they earn, but this line of research has failed to include individuals' relationships to capital, as suggested by class analysists. METHODS: According to Wright's classification, the research generated 10 mutually exclusive classes based on occupation and investment income: worker; capitalist worker; professional; capitalist professional; …
Concurrent trajectories of self-rated health and working hour patterns in health care shift workers: A longitudinal analysis with 8-year follow-up
Background: The association between health and working hours is hypothesized to be reciprocal, but few longitudinal studies have examined changes in both health and working hour patterns over time. We examined combined trajectories of self-related health and two working hour patterns (working <35 h/week and working night shifts) and the extent to which these trajectories were predicted by employees' lifestyle and mental health. Methods: Participa…
The Time-Varying Effect of Participatory Shift Scheduling on Working Hour Characteristics and Sickness Absence: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Hospitals
Participatory shift scheduling for irregular working hours can influence shift schedules and sickness absence. We investigated the effects of using participatory shift scheduling and shift schedule evaluation tools on working hour characteristics and sickness absence. We utilized a panel data for 2015-2019 with 16,557 hospital employees (6143 in the intervention and 10,345 in the control group). Difference-in-differences regression with ward-leve…
A Longitudinal Study on Trajectories of Night Work and Sickness Absence among Hospital Employees
This study aimed to investigate trajectories of night shift work in irregular shift work across a 12-year follow-up among hospital employees with and without sickness absence (SA). The payroll-based register data of one hospital district in Finland included objective working hours and SA from 2008 to 2019. The number of night shifts per year was used in group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM). The results indicate that, among those who had any sic…
Nurse Staffing Level, Length of Work Experience, and Risk of Health Care–Associated Infections Among Hospital Patients: A Prospective Record Linkage Study
BACKGROUND: Nurse understaffing may have several adverse consequences for patients in hospitals, such as health care-associated infections (HAIs), but there is little longitudinal evidence available on staffing levels and HAIs with consideration of incubation times to confirm this. Using daily longitudinal data, we analyzed temporal associations between nurse understaffing and limited work experience, and the risk of HAIs. METHODS: The study was …
Time spent abroad as a source of human capital – A nationwide study
This study examined the extent to which time spent abroad contributes to human capital, using higher income as an indicator. Utilising Finnish register data, the study focused on returning migrants with higher education ( N = 3497), matched with a reference population ( N = 30,882). Time abroad was associated with a higher income level upon return amongst men (returnees €63,199, reference €55,982), but not amongst women (returnees €39,316, refere…
Medicine (12 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (8 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Cohort study (4 works) · Confidence interval (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works)