Tero Kujanpää

Presentation

I am a part-time researcher at Kela Research and a coordinator of a research network. My main responsibilities have to do with a research network looking at the effectiveness of occupational healthcare as part of the overall framework of social and health services and at morbidity-related costs in the working-age population. My recent publications have focused on the treatment and rehabilitation of persons applying for disability pension on account of depression.

Areas of expertise

• work capacity
• occupational health care
• epidemiological studies
• health services

Current research projects

• Occupational Health Care as Part of the Health and Social Services System: Network Project on Integration and Cost Perspectives

Previous research projects

• Continuity of care in private medical and dental services
• Treatment of Individuals Applying for Disability Pension Due to Depression

Publications

• Svärd, A. C., Kalima, M. L., Halonen, J. I., Mänty, M., Kujanpää, T., Roos, E., Salmela, J., & Lallukka, T. (2025). Joint contributions of psychological distress and demanding working conditions to short and long sickness absence among young and early midlife municipal employees. European journal of public health, ckaf048. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf048
• Kujanpää T, Jäppinen S, Rantanen M, Suominen K, Pohjolainen V, Luoto R (2023) Medication and rehabilitation of persons applying for disability pension due to depression: a register-based retrospective study from Finland. Nord J Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2023.2232361
• Halonen JI, Lallukka T, Kujanpää T, Lahti J, Kanerva N, Pietiläinen O, Rahkonen O, Lahelma E, Mänty M (2020) The Contribution of physical working conditions to sickness absence of varying length among employees with and without common mental disorders. Scand J Public Health 2020 Jan 21:1403494820901411. doi: 10.1177/1403494820901411.
• Halonen JI, Mäty M, Pietiläinen O, Kujanpää T, Kanerva N, Lahti J, Lahelma E, Rahkonen O, Lallukka T. (2019) Physical working conditions and subsequent disability retirement due to any cause, mental disorders and musculoskeletal diseases: does the risk vary by common mental disorders? Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2019 Dec 31 doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01823-6.
• Kujanpää T, Jokelainen J, Auvinen J, Timonen M (2017) The association of generalized anxiety disorder and somatic symptoms with frequent attendance to health care services: A cross.sectional study from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. Int J Psychiatry Med 52(2):147-159. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091217417720894
• Kujanpää T, Jokelainen J, Auvinen J, Timonen M (2016) Generalised anxiety disorder and utilization of health care services: a cross-sectional study from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort. Scand J Prim Health Care 34(2):151-8. https://doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2016.1160631
• Kujanpää T, Ylisaukko-Oja T, Jokelainen J, Hirsikangas S, Kanste O, Kyngäs H & Timonen M (2014) Prevalence of anxiety disorders among Finnish primary care high utilizers and validation of Finnish translation of GAD-7 and GAD-2 screening tools. Scand J Prim Health Care 32(2): 78-83. https://doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2014.920597
• Kujanpää T, Ylisaukko-Oja T, Jokelainen J, Linna M & Timonen M (2014) Comparative cost analysis of generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder patients in secondary care from a national hospital registry in Finland. Nord J Psychiatry 68(5): 306-310. https://doi.org/10.3109/08039488.2013.817605