研究目的：長期處在高工作壓力之下可能會引發多種健康問題，包括身心症、精神疾患及身體疾病。疲勞(burnout)是工作壓力致病過程中一個初期且較易被偵測的徵兆；故評估職場工作者的疲勞狀態，可及早找出高工作壓力之高危險族群。
研究方法：以南台灣某高科技園區男性員工為對象，採自填式問卷調查的方式，於2011年1月至12月期間進行調查。問卷內容包含基本資料、生活習慣(抽菸、喝酒、運動)、職場疲勞量表(Occupational Burnout Inventory)、工作特質量表(Job Content Questionnaire,
JCQ)。
研究結果：總計有效問卷1193份，研究顯示工作壓力和婚姻狀況、輪班方式、工作年資、工作不穩定性、個人疲勞、工作疲勞、工作投入和服務疲勞相關(p<0.05)。進一步控制其他相關危險因子後，以複邏輯氏迴歸分析發現：個人疲勞(Adjusted odds ratio﹝AOR﹞=2.09, 95% CI = 1.20-3.65)、工作年資6-10年(AOR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.04-2.50)、工作年資10年以上(AOR = 1.74, 95% CI = 1.12-2.68)及常日班(AOR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.01-1.93)為工作壓力的獨立危險因子。分析本研究之勞工，常日班者，高壓力且高年資就佔了75.8%，故推論此研究之常日班工作者因年資較高，反而成為高工作壓力的危險因子。
結論：個人疲勞、高年資及常日班為職場男性員工高工作壓力之獨立危險因子。此研究提供高工作壓力族群的危險因子，作為早期偵測、評估及介入措施的依據，以期有效預防因工作壓力而產生的身心疾病。

Objective: High work stress may cause a variety of health problems, including physical and mental disorders, psychological symptoms, and physical illness. Burnout is an initial sign of working stress. It can help to identify the high-risk groups of high work stress as soon as possible.
Materials and Methods: We recruited the high-tech male volunteer workers in southern Taiwan, during the period from January 2011 to December. The self-administered questionnaire contains basic information, habits (smoking, drinking, exercise), Occupational Burnout Inventory and Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). We used SPSS version 17.0 software for analysis. Descriptive statistical analysis was used for the characteristics of high work stress and low work stress. Logistic regression was then used to analyse the risk factors of high work stress.
Results: There were 1193 male participated in this study. The results showed that work stress was related to marital status, work shift, job seniority, job instability, personal fatigue, work fatigue, job involvement, and service fatigue (p <0.05). Furthermore, we performed multiple logistic regressions to identify independent predictors of work stress and evaluate their effects. We found personal fatigue (Adjusted odds ratio﹝AOR﹞= 2.09, 95% CI = 1.20-3.65), work 6-10 years (AOR = 1.61, 95 % CI = 1.04-2.50), work more than 10 years (AOR = 1.74, 95% CI = 1.12-2.68) and regular day shift (AOR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.01-1.93) are the independent risk factors of work stress. In this study, the day shift workers, high work stress and high seniority accounted for 75.8%. While the shift workers, high work stress and high seniority only accounted for 45.9%. Thus, we speculate that the day shift workers turned out to be a risk factor of high work stress was due to the high seniority.
Conclusion: Personal fatigue, higher seniority and day shift were the independent risk factors of work stress to the male workers of high-tech workers. Early detection of burnout can prevent both physical and mental illness that caused form work stress effectively.