Juulia Paavonen
National Institute for Health and Welfare
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WOS | 2013
Sakari Lemola; Katri Räikkönen; Michael F. Scheier; Karen A. Matthews; Anu-Katriina Pesonen; Kati Heinonen; Jari Lahti; Niina Komsi; Juulia Paavonen; Eero Kajantie
We tested the relationship of objectively measured sleep quantity and quality with positive characteristics of the child. Sleep duration, sleep latency and sleep efficiency were measured by an actigraph for an average of seven (range = 3–14) consecutive nights in 291 8‐year‐old children (standard deviation = 0.3 years). Children’s optimism, self‐esteem and social competence were rated by parents and/or teachers. Sleep duration showed a non‐linear, reverse J‐shaped relationship with optimism (P = 0.02), such that children with sleep duration in the middle of the distribution scored higher in optimism compared with children who slept relatively little. Shorter sleep latency was related to higher optimism (P = 0.01). The associations remained when adjusting for child’s age, sex, body mass index, and parental level of education and optimism. In conclusion, sufficient sleep quantity and good sleep quality are related to children’s positive characteristics. Our findings may inform why sleep quantity and quality and positive characteristics are associated with wellbeing in children.
Sleep Medicine | 2014
Johan Björkqvist; Juulia Paavonen; Sture Andersson; Anu-Katriina Pesonen; Jari Lahti; Kati Heinonen; Johan G. Eriksson; Katri Räikkönen; Petteri Hovi; Eero Kajantie; Sonja Strang-Karlsson
OBJECTIVE Previous studies have suggested a propensity towards morningness in teenagers and adults born preterm. We set out to study sleep in a subsample from The Helsinki Study of Very Low Birth Weight Adults cohort, with emphasis on sleep timing, duration, and quality. We compared young adults who were born prematurely at very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) with controls born at term. METHODS We measured sleep by actigraphy in young adults aged 21-29 years. A total of 75 individuals (40 VLBW and 35 controls) provided adequate data. Group differences in sleep parameters were analyzed using t-test and linear regression models. RESULTS VLBW adults woke up on average 40 min earlier [95% confidence interval (CI), 9-70] and reported 40 min earlier get up time (95% CI, 8-71) than did the controls. The difference remained after adjustment for confounders. We found no group difference in sleep duration or measures of sleep quality. CONCLUSION Our findings of earlier rising in the VLBW group are suggestive of an advanced sleep phase in that group. These results reinforce previous suggestions that chronotype may be programmed early during life.
PLOS ONE | 2017
Katri Kantojärvi; Johanna Liuhanen; Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä; Anna-Liisa Satomaa; Anneli Kylliäinen; Pirjo Pölkki; Julia Jaatela; Auli Toivola; Lili Milani; Sari-Leena Himanen; Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen; Juulia Paavonen; Tiina Paunio
Genetic variants in CACNA1C (calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 C) are associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia where sleep disturbances are common. In an experimental model, Cacna1c has been found to modulate the electrophysiological architecture of sleep. There are strong genetic influences for consolidation of sleep in infancy, but only a few studies have thus far researched the genetic factors underlying the process. We hypothesized that genetic variants in CACNA1C affect the regulation of sleep in early development. Seven variants that were earlier associated (genome-wide significantly) with psychiatric disorders at CACNA1C were selected for analyses. The study sample consists of 1086 infants (520 girls and 566 boys) from the Finnish CHILD-SLEEP birth cohort (genotyped by Illumina Infinium PsychArray BeadChip). Sleep length, latency, and nightly awakenings were reported by the parents of the infants with a home-delivered questionnaire at 8 months of age. The genetic influence of CACNA1C variants on sleep in infants was examined by using PLINK software. Three of the examined CACNA1C variants, rs4765913, rs4765914, and rs2239063, were associated with sleep latency (permuted P<0.05). There was no significant association between studied variants and night awakenings or sleep duration. CACNA1C variants for psychiatric disorders were found to be associated with long sleep latency among 8-month-old infants. It remains to be clarified whether the findings refer to defective regulation of sleep, or to distractibility of sleep under external influences.
Sleep | 2009
Anu-Katriina Pesonen; Katri Räikkönen; Karen A. Matthews; Kati Heinonen; Juulia Paavonen; Jari Lahti; Niina Komsi; Sakari Lemola; Anna-Liisa Järvenpää; Eero Kajantie; Timo E. Strandberg
Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti | 2018
Niina Häkälä; Pirjo Pölkki; Juha Hämäläinen; Tiina Paunio; Anneli Kylliäinen; Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä; Juulia Paavonen
Sleep Medicine | 2017
U. Sompa; A.-L. Satomaa; P. Nokelainen; Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä; Juulia Paavonen; Sari-Leena Himanen
Sleep Medicine | 2017
Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä; J. Kuittinen; Anneli Kylliäinen; Juulia Paavonen
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 2016
Juulia Paavonen; Tiina Paunio; Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä; Anneli Kylliäinen; Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen; Pirjo Pölkki
Sleep Medicine | 2013
Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä; Juulia Paavonen; Sari-Leena Himanen; Anneli Kylliäinen; Pirjo Pölkki; Tiina Paunio
Sleep Medicine | 2013
Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä; U. Lehto; Anneli Kylliäinen; T. Stenberg; Tiina Paunio; Juulia Paavonen