背景:醫療從業人員身心健康攸關照護品質之良窳,但國內研究仍鮮少聚焦此群體的心理健康,特別是憂鬱情緒議題。目的:探討醫療從業人員憂鬱情緒盛行率及其相關因素。方法:採橫斷式相關性研究設計,並以方便取樣,訪查2011年10-12月某個案醫院之正職員工為研究對象。結構式問卷包括人口學特性、工作屬性與台灣人憂鬱量表,並以複邏輯斯迴歸進行分析。結果:本研究對象之憂鬱情緒盛行率為14.58%,年齡標準化盛行率則為5.75%。分析發現,年齡愈輕、組織支持度低、具睡眠困擾、無運動,以及屬高壓力工作特質者,皆是出現憂鬱反應之高危險群。結論:研究結果有助於了解醫療從業人員之憂鬱情緒及相關因素,建議可據此及早對高危險群進行身心健康監測,並規劃妥適的職場健康促進方案,以保障員工健康。
Background: Hospital employee's health is critical to the quality in healthcare services. But the information concerning their psychological issues, especially depressive symptoms, is still very limited in Taiwan.Aims: The study examined the prevalence and related factors of depressive disorders among hospital employees.Methods: The study used a cross-sectional correlation design with convincing sampling to recruit 542 full-time hospital employees from a target hospital from Oct. to Dec. in 2011. A structured questionnaire was applied to collect information on demographic and working characteristics, and information provided by Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression was used for data analysis.Results: The crude and age-adjusted prevalence of depressive symptoms were 14.58% and 5.75%, respectively. The hospital employees with young age, lower social support, having sleep disturbance, no regular exercise habit and high job strain were more likely to have depressive symptoms.Conclusion: Our findings may be beneficial in identifying the prevalence of depressive symptoms and pinpointing those groups with a higher predisposition of depression, which will allow the early assessment of health status as well as provision of workplace health promotion.