本研究的目的在探討住院冠狀動脈疾病病人對疾病的認知、態度及自我照顧行為，並進一步了解其影響因素。本研究以問卷調查法，收集79名住院之冠狀動脈疾病病人為研究對象，採用自擬之「冠狀動脈疾病認知、態度及自我照顧行為量表」為研究工具。研究結果發現，病人的疾病的認知尚稱理想，平均得分率占70%，其中以「疾病及危險因子」與「飲食」方面的認知較佳，「藥物」方面的知識較差。對疾病所抱持的態度，則多呈正向之態度。病人的自我照顧行為方面，以「醫療行為」較佳，「日常保健行為」較差。對於冠狀動物疾病病人的認知、態度與自我照顧行為相關性的探討則發現，三者間有正相關性，彼此相互影響。本研究結果有助於護理人員了解冠狀動脈疾病病人對疾病的認知、態度及自我照顧行為現況，可進一步將此結果運用於臨床病人衛教上，以提供更合乎病人需要之衛生教育。

The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and behaviors of coronary artery patients. The subjects of this study were seventy-nine coronary inpatients; all the patients in the study were se-lected from the cardiac medical ward of a medical center in Taipei. Upon admission to the hospital the subjects an-swered questions about coronary artery disease testing their knowledge, attitude, and behaviors. Data was analyzed by frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation, Chi-square test, and stepwise regression. Major findings of this study were that the coronary artery patients had a fair amount of knowledge. They had more knowledge about the causes, risk factors and diet for coronary artery disease and less knowledge about medications for their disease. This study implies that patient education is important to coronary artery disease and educators should focus on some parts which coronary patients do not understand well, such as medications for their disease.