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 char-
acteristics, 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 de-
pressive 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.