當個人面臨疾病衝擊時，知識與經驗會影響其對疾病的詮釋，疾病詮釋的結果引 導其就醫與接受治療的態度與行為。臨床醫護人員，應能以病患為中心，深入了解病 患對疾病衝擊之認知與因應，才能準確找出病患的問題，提供個別化照護，協助採取 正向的健康行為，增進慢性病患之自我照顧能力，以達到有效控制疾病之效果。本文 描述一位腎衰竭患者，對「糖尿病」認知的偏頗，認為糖尿病是「可以自癒」的，加 上初期沒有症狀，而未控制血糖，導致「疾病惡化進入末期腎病階段」，27 歲就必 須依賴血液透析治療來維持生命。筆者於 2014 年 3 月 17 日至 4 月 16 日護理照護期 間，透過身體評估、會談、病歷查閱等方式收集資料，確立有體液容積過多、透析病 患角色適應不良、疾病控制知識缺失健康問題，運用「Leventhal 自我調節模式」之 「疾病詮釋」模式，了解個案對末期腎病及血液透析治療的認知感受及其如何因應疾 病與治療的衝擊，讓其知道身體症狀與末期腎臟病之關聯，澄清不符合現實的看法和 觀念，強化末期腎病是無法痊癒的；引導個案藉由自我觀察及評價，了解透析治療可 緩解身體不適並維持生命，使其能接受疾病及透析病患角色並持續透析治療；學習使 用適宜的健康行為，達到有效控制疾病，早日重回工作崗位並維持生活品質。

Faced with the treat of illness, how a patient interprets that illness is affected by his or her experience and knowledge. The result of that interpretation in turn influences the patient’s attitude towards seeking treatment and healthy behavior. Nurses who understand the patient’s interpretation of the illness may be better able to provide appropriate intervention treatments for enhancing the patient’s self-care skills and achieving disease self-management. This article present the case of a 27-year-old diabetic patient whose poor control of blood sugar and cognitive bias leading resulted in the condition rapidly deteriorating to end stage renal disease and having to rely on dialysis. The author applied the “illness representation model” to understand the patient’s perception of his illness, help the patient correct his misconceptions about hemodialysis treatment, changed his illness representation then guided him in accepting his new role and improving his quality of life.