研究目的：健康體適能(health-related physical fitness; HRPF)是包括心肺耐力、肌力、體組成與柔軟度。本研究的目的是比較醫院上班族男女員工不同年齡層的健康體適能。方法：醫院的員工（含治療師及行政人員等）自願參加評估者有285位，接受健康體適能測試，含體組成（身體質量指數、腰臀比）、肌力（手握力）、柔軟度（立姿體前彎）及心肺適能（登階指數）。登階測試是採修正之哈佛登階測試(modified Harvard stop test)計算登階體適能指數。結果：年輕男性員工除腰臀比為明顯較小外，不同年齡層（20～64歲）男性之身體質量指數、手握力、體前彎柔軟度與登階體適能指數皆無明顯差異。女性員工除身體質量指數、手握力與腰臀比受不同年齡之影響外(p<0.05)，其體前彎柔軟度與登階體適能指數在各年齡層之間皆無明顯差異。結論：本研究利用簡易又安全的方法評估醫院員工不同年齡之健康體適能，此檢測及報告可提供個人瞭解自己之體能狀況，也可作為醫院管理者對於員工照顧政策之參攷。

Purpose: Health-related physical fitness (HRPF) includes cardiopulmonary endurance, muscular strength, body composition and flexibility. The objective of this study was to compare the HRPF of workers with different ages and genders in a hospital. Methods: Totally 285 volunteers in a hospital (including therapists, administrators etc.) received the HRPF test, which collected the data of body composition (body mass index, waist-hip ratio), strength (grip strength), flexibility (trunk flexion in standing), and cardiopulmonary endurance (step test). The modified Harvard step test was used to obtain the physical fitness index. Results: Male workers with different ages (20-64 years old) did not have significant differences in body mass index, grip strength, trunk flexibility, and physical fitness index, except that the waist-hip ratio in young males was smaller than those in the middle aged and elderly,. Young females had body mass index, grip strength and waist-hip ratio smaller (p<0.05) than those in the middle aged and elderly. Female workers with different ages did not have significant differences in, trunk flexibility, and physical fitness index. Conclusions: The easy and safe physical fitness tests can be used as the screening test for the assessment of health condition of workers. These results may provide information not only for personal health care but also for health policy management.