| Summary: | 碩士 === 長庚大學 === 商管專業學院碩士學位學程在職專班醫務管理組 === 102 === Overweight and obesity are one of the most important public health issues in Taiwan. It has become a major health hazard because obesity is likely to associate with metabolic syndrome. Obesity not only increases the incidences of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, sleep disorders, depre -ssion and certain cancers, but also increases mortality. Technology industry is characterized by human capital-intensive, short product lifecycle, and pursuing the innovation for yield rate with highly pressure competition. Therefore, workers in technology industry are likely to become the victims of excessive work pressure which in turn increases the risk of work fatigue.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of a health promo- tion program implemented in a technology plant for its staffs aiming to control their body mass index (BMI) and related burnout problems. A total of 657 volunteers participated in the three-months health-promoting program. The BMI of each participants was collected prior to and after the program to examine the effectiveness of this program. Among them, a total of 173 workers completed a Burnout Inventory after the program and the sample was used to analyze the effect of this program on staffs’ burnout problems.
The results suggested that workers attend the program improved significantly on BMI, weight, and waist circumference.. In terms of burnout, workers in health promotion group showed lower scores on personal/generic burnout, work-related burnout, and need for recovery. In addition, the results of hierarchical regression analyses on factors related to BMI improvement showed that workers having any elderly over 65 years in the family, high blood pressure, high degree of work-related burnout, and need for recovery work are significant factors related to the effectiveness of this program. The results show that occupational health-promotion to increase workers’ exercise rates is able to significantly improve workers’ BMI.
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