HELSINKI SLEEP FACTORY

TEAMANU-KATRIINA PESONENANNA SOFIA URRILATIMO PARTONENLIISA KUULA-PAAVOLA

@SleepHelsinki#HelsinkiSleepFactory #Helsinkichallenge

DELAYED SLEEP PHASE= CHRONIC DIFFICULTIES IN FALLING ASLEEP AND IN WAKING UP AT SOCIALLY ACCEPTED TIMES

CAUSES 1) SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR DAYTIME FUNCTIONING

2) LEARNING PROBLEMS AND 3) SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM

CHALLENGE:

HELP ADOLESCENTS UNDERSTAND AND IMPROVE SLEEP & CIRCADIAN RHYTHM

14-19y olds; 15% with serious sleep problems N=54,000

ONE ADOLESCENT DROPPING OUT OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM COSTS > 1 MILLION EUROS

LACK OF ACCESSIBLE & EFFICIENT INTERVENTIONS

-NEED FOR A NEW CONCEPT

• CHRONOBIOLOGY

• MOTIVATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY• MEDICINE

• PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING

NEW TECHNOLOGY

• CROSS-PARADIGMATIC

THINKING • CREATIVE SOLUTIONS

• CO-OPERATION WITH

ADOLESCENTS

ENTER HELSINKI

SLEEP FACTORY

LEARN, TEST, FIND MOTIVATION &

SET GOALSPERSONALIZED

AIMS AND SOLUTIONS

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LEARN NEW SKILLS

RELAXATIONMINDFULNESS

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

SOLUTIONHELSINKI SLEEP FACTORY IS A VIRTUAL SLEEP SOCIETY

PROVIDING HELP

EXPLORE CIRCADIAN RHYTHMINTELLIGENT SLEEP DIARY SLEEP DEBT CALCULATOR

WEATHER AND LIGHT EFFECTSSELF-MONITOR TECHNOLOGY

CREATE & SHARESLEEP BLOGSLEEP MUSICSLEEP VIDEO

CHAT WITH SLEEP MENTOR

THE IMPACT

OVERWEIGHT AND INFLAMMATION LOW MOOD AND

ANXIETY

LEARNING AND MEMORY

INSOMNIA AND CIRCADIAN MISMATCH

SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM AND

TARDINESS, SCHOOL DROP-OUT

DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE & CAREER PATHS

CALL FOR ACTION

• SELF-MONITORING TECHNOLOGY• SLEEP TECHNOLOGY• INTELLIGENT LIGHT

• SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT• PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY• GAMIFICATION• SOCIAL MEDIA• VISUAL AND MUSIC EXPERTISE

• WEB-DESIGN

IN COLLABORATION

WITH THE END USERS

TECHNOLOGY

APPLICATIONS

INFORMATION PORTAL

TEAM LEADERAnu-Katriina

Pesonen, Professor, Institute of Behavioural

Sciences, UHADOLESCENT SLEEP &

DEVELOPMENT

Timo Partonen, MD, ProfessorNational Institute for Health and

WelfareCIRCADIAN RHYTHMS &

MOOD

Liisa Kuula-Paavola, PhD student &

cognitive scientist Institute of Behavioural

Sciences, UHSLEEP & COGNITION

Anna Sofia Urrila, MD, National Institute for Health

and WelfareADOLESCENT SLEEP

& PSYCHIATRY

TEAM #HelsinkiSleepFactory

anukatriina.pesonen@helsinki.fi