Morbidity in Finnish Caregivers

Morbidity in Finnish Caregivers

The project studies somatic and psychiatric morbidity in family caregivers.

The project Morbidity in Finnish Caregivers, led by Senior Researcher Tuija Mikkola, studies somatic and psychiatric morbidity in family caregivers. The project utilizes data from several national registers to examine whether family caregivers have an elevated risk for developing physical and mental illnesses. The data comprises all officially recognized family caregivers in Finland, that is more than 40 000 family caregivers, and over 80 000 controls.

Morbidity in Finnish Caregivers

Senior Researcher

Tuija Mikkola, PhD

Age-dependency in mortality of family caregivers: a nationwide register-based study.
Mikkola TM, Kautiainen H, Mänty M, von Bonsdorff MB, Kröger T, Eriksson JG. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2020.

Use of antidepressants among Finnish family caregivers: a nationwide register-based study.
Mikkola TM, Kautiainen H, Mänty M, von Bonsdorff MB, Koponen H, Kröger T, Eriksson JG. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2021.

Mikaela von Bonsdorff, assistant professor, University of Jyväskylä and Folkhälsan Research Center,

Teppo Kröger, professor, University of Jyväskylä

Minna Mänty, associate professor, City of Vantaa and University of Helsinki

Hannu Koponen, professor, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital

Samfundet Folkhälsan

Medicinska Understödsföreningen Liv och Hälsa

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    • Tuija Mikkola

      PhD, Senior Researcher

    • Tel:
      +358444883045

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