中年婦女在健康方面的維護很重要。本研究的目的是：分析中年婦女自我照顧行為、健康狀況認知、女性角色態度、生活壓力、生活型態在人口特徵及自覺健康狀況上的差異性；探討上述相關因素與中年婦女自我照顧行為的關係及預測情形。採樣本調查，以研究對象自填結構性問卷收集資料，經便利取樣，以某教學醫院參加骨質疏鬆健檢、年齡在40－54歲之間的婦女為研究對象，剔除填寫不完全之問卷19份，共得有效問卷305份。研究結果顯示：杕中年婦女社經地位高及健康狀況好其自我照顧情形較好；中年婦女自覺健康狀況好的對其自己健康狀況的認知也較正向；中年婦女社經地位高其女性角色態度較現代；中年婦女已婚、有子女、有工作及健康狀況差的其生活壓力較大；中年婦女的社經地位及健康狀況對其生活型態的選擇極有影響。杌中年婦女的生活型態、生活壓力、自覺健康狀況及教育程度與其自我照顧行為有顯著相關。杈中年婦女生活型態、生活壓力、自覺健康狀況及教育程度對其自我照顧行為的預測力在30.9%。護理人員應及早加強中年婦女健康保健知識與觀念，推動中年婦女自我照顧時應考量其個別性、需求性與全面性。

　　　　　It is very important to understand the health of middle-aged women. Thepurposes of this study were: 1. To analyze the differences of the self-care behavior,health recognition, sex role attitude, life stress, lifestyle with demographic data andperceived health status of middle-aged women; 2. To explore the relationships amongthe demographic data, perceived health status, health recognition, sex role attitude,life stress, lifestyle and self-care behavior of middle-aged women; 3. To explore thepredictors of self-care behavior of middle-aged women. The research design wasbased on a sampling survey. 305 subjects aged 40-54 years were chosen from bonedensitometry outpatients of a teaching hospital to complete self-administeredquestionnaires, and ANOVA, Pearson's correlation and stepwise regression were usedto analyze data. The results revealed: 1. The self-care behavior and life styles ofmiddle-aged women were affected by their social-economic status and health status.The life stresses of middle-aged women came from their marriage, children, job andhealth. 2. There were significant relationships among lifestyle, life stress, perceivedhealth status, education and self-care behavior of middle-aged women. 3. Thepredictors of self-care behavior of middle-aged women were lifestyle, life stress,perceived health status, and education; they explained 30.9% of the total variances. Itis imperative to provide concepts and knowledge of health promotion and giveimpetus to self-care behavior for middle-aged women individually and holistically.