現今我國人口已邁入高齡化社會，65歲以上老年人口比例逐年上 升，截至104年6月，其比例已上升至12.22%，研究學者也預估2018年台 灣將成為高齡社會。因為社會人口結構的轉變，老年人口增加，罹患慢 性疾病人口也隨之上升，導致醫療照護方面之需求也跟著日益增升，因 此政府機構提供多項長期照護模式，其中喘息服務為希望在患者本身獲 得妥善照護下，原先照護提供者能獲得適當的休息，不過喘息服務推行 多年，但使用率卻普遍低落，因此本研究期望藉此探討民眾採用喘息服 務之影響因子，以提供政府未來推行喘息服務之參考。 為達本研究之目的，本研究以健康信念模式為本研究架構，並藉此 模式進行問卷設計，並以具喘息服務需求之民眾作為研究對象。研究共 發放315份，有效問卷300份，有效問卷回收率達96%。問卷回收後， 本研究主要以結構方程模式(SEM)進行分析，研究分析顯示，外部行動 線索與知覺行動效益均對使用態度有顯著影響；自覺疾病威脅對使用意 願有顯著影響；使用態度對使用意願有顯著影響。此研究結果將可供該 項服務推行者參考，以便提升民眾對喘息服務的使用意願，未來也可供 縣市單位於醫衛政策服務推行時參考，希望能讓相關政策落實更加順利。

Our country is shifting from aging society toward aged society. To address issues of aged society, both government and non-government institution provide models of long-term care. Respite services are designed to allow primary caregivers to take a rest, which is one of long-term care model to improve quality of life for both patients and caregivers. The utilization rate of respite services was relatively low even though it has been pushed for many years, especially institutional respite care. Therefore, this study is aimed at understanding people’s awareness and demand of long-term care policies, and also their status and difficulties in the use of respite services. Revised health belief model is applied to examine people’s behavior on respite services. 300 collected questionnaires are performed structural analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, structural equation modeling (SEM). The results of this study could provide reference respite services for future health policies of governments and recommendation for institutional respite care, which may make the services become popular and raise people’s awareness. Furthermore, the results could help to improve the willingness of people to use respite services by considering caregivers’ demand, barriers to using respite services, and integration of care services resources.