An investigation of the association of Stress, Physical and Mental health, Perceived health, and Leisure activities among workers: A case study of the Science Park in Southern Taiwan

• Main Authors: Yu-Ling Huang, 黃玉琳
• Other Authors: 李素幸
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68204985470279752743

碩士 === 長榮大學 === 職業安全與衛生研究所 === 95 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the overall health of the workers of a science park. By using cross-sectional study, a series of structured questionnaire was applied to measure physical and mental health, perceived health, stress and personal leisure activities. A total of 2,073 samples was collected including workers from the occupations of semiconductor (n = 872), photoelectron (n = 739), communication (n = 132), biotechnology (n = 234), and precision machinery (n = 96). The important findings were listed as follows: A). Work environment was identified as the main stressor, followed by self-generated stress. Semiconductor workers perceived the highest level of stress among all types of workers. Significant differences were found between stress and perceived health condition (p<.0001). B.) For self-reported physical and mental complaints, neck and shoulder pains were reported as the most common problems with 35.1% and 34% respectively. C). The report of muscles and bones indicated that the highest prevalence of discomfort were shoulders (65.9%), neck (60.3%), and lower back (50.1%) accordingly. D.) Forty-five percent of high-tech workers considered noise as the potential harm in their work environment. Compared to the workers of biotechnology, the odds ratio of hearing loss complaint among the semiconductor workers was 3.31 folds. E.) The leisure activity of the high-tech workers tends to be more sedentary, e.g., watching TV, chattering, browsing website etc. Workers who participate in the activities such as, religion, meditation, basketball and billiards for more than three times a week perceived less stress than those of non-participants. Managers should notice the significance of stress and health complaints in Science Park. Effective control strategies specially related to stress should be developed for promotion of health and welfare among these science park workers.