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A structural questionnaire survey was administered to 156 white-collar Taiwanese management personnel of representative companies of their industries in Taiwan, who were assigned long-term job positions in China. Questionnaire content included demographics and medical history, self-reported physical and mental conditions, personal lifestyle and behavior, Beck Depression Inventory, and information on HRQoL. White-collar migrant workers reported a high prevalence of alcohol consumption (72.4%) and perceived work-related stress (62.2%), and a lower prevalence of regular exercise (12.2%). Workers with higher levels of perceived work-related stress reported more alcohol consumption, a history of hyperlipidemia, and a higher prevalence of self-reported neck pain, poor sleep, and mild\/moderate\/severe depression. In our primary multivariate risk model to determine lifestyle and work-related stress variables and HRQoL, perceived work-related stress and a feeling of depression negatively impacted both the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores of the SF-36 health survey. Hyperlipidemia and self-reported neck pain were associated with significantly lower PCS scores, whereas cardiovascular disease, gastric ulcer, and poor sleep were associated with statistically lower MCS scores. White-collar migrant workers are generally younger with high socioeconomic status. Perceived work-related stress and a feeling of depression indirectly affect HRQoL. Hyperlipidemia, self-reported neck pain, cardiovascular disease, gastric ulcer, and poor sleep also had a significant negative impact on HRQoL.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph9103740","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,22]],"date-time":"2012-10-22T05:32:03Z","timestamp":1350883923000},"page":"3740-3754","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":62,"title":["A Study of the Health-Related Quality of Life and Work-Related Stress of White-Collar Migrant Workers"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Su-Ying","family":"Tsai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Management, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, No. 8, Yida Road., Yanchao Township, Kaohsiung Country 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"338","DOI":"10.1002\/ajim.20717","article-title":"Immigration, employmentrelations, and health: Developing a research agenda","volume":"53","author":"Benach","year":"2010","journal-title":"Am. 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