本研究採橫斷面、回溯性、描述性研究,採用姚開屏等人(2002) 編譯之台灣簡明版世界衛生組織生活品質問卷(WHOQOL-BRIEF),進行 資料的收集,經個案同意後收案,探討原住民女性個人因素與生活品 質表現的相關以及擔任照護人員的原住民女性與其他工作原住民女 性的生活品質差異及其影響因素。 照護員組受訪者與其他行業組受訪者於生活品質五個範疇-健 康、心理、社會關係、環境與整體生活品質的表現,並沒有顯著差異, 但兩組受訪者在生活品質的健康與社會關係範疇上,皆較一般民眾為 低。照護員組在生活品質的社會關係範疇受到年齡差異的影響,環境 範疇受到學歷差異的影響,而整體生活品質則是受到學歷影響,總的 來看,照護員組內受訪者在生活品質五範疇在不同個人背景之間差異 不大。反觀其他行業組在五個範疇皆受到年齡、學歷、婚姻狀況與宗 教信仰而有所不同。綜觀來看,有年輕者優於年長者的趨勢。信仰基 督教與天主教的受訪者有較好的心理生活品質、社會關係與環境,高 學歷的比低學歷者擁有較高的環境品質與社會關係。在整體生活品質 上,則受到年齡、學歷、婚姻狀況與宗教信仰而有所差異,另外,本 研究發現平均月收入對生活品質五範疇,對於兩受訪組皆沒有明顯的 影響。
This study examined the quality of life for personal aides in a hospital by using WHOQOL-BRIEF questionnaire. The study subjects are personal aides in a hospital and their comparable group. In more specific, the research subjects for personal aides in a hospital were selected from a majority of personal aides who are aboriginal women, whereas aboriginal women with the same tribe but in different occupations are as a comparable group. Overall the results showed that there was no significant difference in quality of life for the personal aides in a hospital and their comparable group. However, there was no difference in health category, mentality category, society category, environment category. But two groups of interviewees' health and social were lower than general people. There was influence of age on society category in group of personal aides in a hospital. There was influence of the record of formal schooling on environment category in group of personal aides in a hospital. And there was influence of the record of formal schooling on overall quality of life in group of person who personal aides in a hospital. Besides, There was influence of the record of formal schooling, age, marital status, religious belief on the five categories in the other occupation person. Finally, there was no influence of income on the five categories in the two groups.