Morbidity in Finnish Caregivers
Our research
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.
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Group Leader
Senior Scientists
Merja Laine
Tuija Mikkola, Project leader
Postdoctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
Meri-Tuuli Lehmuskallio
Statistician
Hannu Kautiainen
Use of prescription benzodiazepines and related drugs in family caregivers: a nation-wide register-based study.
Mikkola TM, Mänty M, Kautiainen H, von Bonsdorff MB, Koponen H, Kröger T, Eriksson JG. Age Ageing. 2022.
Work incapacity among family caregivers: a record linkage study.
Mikkola TM, Mänty M, Kautiainen H, von Bonsdorff MB, Haanpää M, Koponen H, Kröger T, Eriksson JG. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2022.
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.
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.
Mikaela von Bonsdorff, Professor, University of Jyväskylä and Folkhälsan Research Center
Hannu Koponen, Professor, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
Päivi Korhonen, Professor, Finland
Samfundet Folkhälsan
Medicinska Understödsföreningen Liv och Hälsa (“Life and Health Medical Fund”)
Avohoidon Tutkimussäätiö (Outpatient Care Research Foundation)
Kort om studien på svenska
Projektet Sjukdomsfrekvens bland finska närståendevårdare studerar förekomsten av somatiska och psykiatriska sjukdomar hos närståendevårdare.
