背景：目前國內少有針對越南籍照顧服務員的生活品質問題做過研究，以目前照護主力多為越南籍照護服務員，關心其生活品質實有必要。目的：本研究是在探討影響醫療機構越南籍照顧服務員生活品質的相關因子。方法：研究採橫斷式相關研究設計。本研究對象為工作於高雄縣市地區醫院的越南籍照顧服務員，實際參與照護工作，至少三個月以上，有效樣本數為264名。計畫執行期間為2010年1月至4月，利用結構式問卷收集研究資料，採用SPSS17.0 for Windows進行統計分析。結果：越南籍照顧服務員之生活品質，最高分為「因情緒問題角色受限」，而「心理健康」得分最低。另外以逐步迴歸分析影響越南籍照顧服務員生活品質之相關因子，在生理健康狀態、心理健康狀態及整體生活品質之構面上，每日工作時間為11－12小時比8－10小時者生活品質較差；教育程度以高中高職比專科學歷者生活品質較佳；年齡為31－55歲比21－30歲者之生理健康狀態及整體生活品質較佳；每月沒有休假與休1－3天者均較休假4－12天者有較差的生理健康狀態；服務年資≥ 2年者比< 2年者心理健康狀態較佳，夜班照顧人數少者有較佳的心理健康狀態之生活品質。結論：每日工作時間、教育程度、年齡、休假天數、服務年資以及夜班照顧人數是好的預測越南籍照顧服務員生活品質的指標。

Background: A majority of Taiwan's foreign-national nursing aides are contract workers from Vietnam. Ensuring they enjoy a satisfactory quality of life (QOL) is critical to the well being of these Vietnamese aides as well as to their ability to deliver appropriate patient care. Few studies have addressed Vietnamese nursing aide QOL in Taiwan.Purpose: This study explored factors associated with the QOL of Vietnamese nursing aides working at medical institutions in Taiwan.Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited Vietnamese nursing aides currently working at regional hospitals in Kaohsiung city and county who had worked in Taiwan for at least three months. We distributed a structured questionnaire to potential participants and collected 264 valid questionnaires between January and April 2010; SPSS17.0 was used for statistical analysis.Results: "Role limitations due to emotional problems" earned the highest QOL score; "mental health" earned the lowest QOL score. Stepwise multiple regression results found those working 11-12 hours per day earned significantly lower scores than those working 8-10 hours per day. Participants educated to the high school level scored significantly better than those educated to the college level on the physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary (MCS), and 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). Participants 31-55 years of age earned significantly better PCS and SF-36 scores than those 21-30 years of age. Participants given less than 3 days off per month earned significantly lower PCS scores. Participants with over two years of working experience earned significantly higher MCS scores. Participants who worked night shifts took care of fewer patients and earned significantly higher MCS scores.Conclusions: This study indicates working hours per day, education level, age, number of days off per month, years of working experience, and working night shifts are significant QOL predictors in Vietnamese nursing aides working in Taiwan.