本研究主要探討Ｂ型肝炎帶原者之健康信念及回診行為，並進一步探討回診行為與健康信念之關聯性。採橫斷式調查法，以東部某醫學中心之Ｂ型肝炎帶原者為研究對象，採電話訪談方式進行結構式問卷調查。結果發現：（1）電話訪談之受訪者共計453位，有效樣本數為418位；（2）39.7％的受訪者有定期回診行為；（3）受訪者的回診行為在不同的年齡層達顯著差異（F=4.36***, p<0.001），61歲以上受訪者之回診行為較31～40歲者佳；（4）皮爾森積差相關分析發現受訪者之回診行為與其對Ｂ型肝炎帶原之罹患性認知（r=0.11*, p<0.05）及自覺Ｂ肝帶原之嚴重性認知（r=0.16**, p<0.01）呈顯著正相關，而與自覺Ｂ型肝炎帶原行動障礙性認知呈顯著負相關（r=-0.17**,p<0.01）；（5）複迴歸分析在控制受訪者之社會人口學變項後，受訪者對Ｂ型肝炎帶原的罹患性認知、自覺Ｂ型肝炎帶原之嚴重性認知、自覺Ｂ型肝炎帶原行動利益性認知、自覺Ｂ型肝炎帶原行動障礙性認知對其回診行為具有顯著之預測效果（F=4.69***, p<0.001），有效解釋力為21％。本研究結果顯示Ｂ型肝炎帶原者定期回診行為比率偏低，醫療機構應加強Ｂ型肝炎帶原者定期回診之追蹤管理，並針對Ｂ型肝炎帶原嚴重性加以宣導，將能有效降低肝癌發生率。

The present study aims to utilize Health Belief Model to explore the factors influencing Hepatitis B Carrier's health beliefs and the return visit behavior. The cross sectional method is employed. Participants invited to the study are those been diagnosed as Hepatitis B Carrier and receive medical care from one medical center in eastern Taiwan. Data are collected through a telephone interview using a structured questionnaire. A total of 453 telephone interview are conduced and 418 valid questionnaires were returned. The result indicate that 39.7% of the participants return to the outpatient department for health check-up routinely. The group in 61 years of age and older demonstrates the higher return visit rate than the age group of 31~40 years old. The result from Pearson correlation analysis suggests: (1) a positive correlation between the return visit behavior and the perceived susceptibility, severity, and benefits of Hepatitis B Carrier and yet; (2) a negative correlation between perceived barriers of Hepatitis B Carrier and the return visit behavior. The multiple regression analysis shows that age is a predictor of the return visit behavior to participants' perceived susceptibility, severity, and benefits of Hepatitis B Carrier, and it appears to have prediction confidence rate of 21%. The result from the study suggests that the needs for health care facilities and providers to reinforce the patient follow-up management and patient education in order to reduce the incidence of Hepatitis B.