本研究目的在探討影響病人家屬對相關壓瘡預防措施與危險因子認知之因素。研究者於民國83年1月至83年3月間，利用自行設計的問卷，於北部某醫學中心的內科病房，以訪談方式完成資料收集。研究以「Braden氏壓瘡危險因子預測量表」，篩選屬高危險壓瘡患者，調查期間共獲60份有效問券。本研究對象收集高危險壓瘡患者的家屬有38人。研究結果發現，已發生壓瘡的病人家屬(22人)與高危險群病人家屬，在壓瘡相關的認知上無顯著差異。且若擔任不同病人照顧者的角色愈多者，在預防措施與危險因子的認知上，有顯著較高的表現。此外，男性家屬於預防措施的認知上，顯著高於女性家屬。

The purpose of this study was to explore the influencing factors for perception of preventive behaviors and risk factors of pressure sores among the family caregivers of hospitalized patients in a medical center.
A self-designed interview questionnaire was used for data collection. After 2 months' data collection, a total of 60 valid interview questionnaires were used for data analysis.
63.3% of pressure-sore caregivers live together with their patients. The results indicated that perception of in-fluencing and high risk factors were no significant difference between the families of pressure sore patients and the families of high risk patients. The more experiences of caregiving the families had, the more knowledge of pressure sore pressure sores and risk factors they indicated. Also, male family members reported more knowledge of pres-sure sore preventive behaviors than female family caregivers.