The global population is aging, creating a gradual increase in patients with chronic diseases. The cost of national health insurance is rising; resulting in a deficit of national health insurance, especially the expenditure of rehabilitation is rising year by year. The ministry of health and welfare considers reducing the payments for rehabilitation.
According to the theory of color therapy, color is able to increase positive feelings and enhance the effectiveness of treatment. This study, based on Kansei Engineering theory, explores the effect of color on use of medical rehabilitation equipment. The purpose of this study is to reinforce the patient’s positive feelings and thus improve the efficiency of treatment.Firstly, relevant adjectives were found from references. Find five experts were sought out to select main adjectives and colours for feelings relating to rehabilitation images, get 6 sets of vocabulary and 12 colors. Secondly, a questionnaire survey was conducted through semantic differences method to further find the colours which relate closest to positive images of rehabilitation, valid sample of 334 people. Finally, according to the results, rehabilitation equipment was recoloured, followed by another questionnaire survey, valid sample of 418 people. The result of this research shows that colors of chartreuse (C30-M0-Y60-K0), red (C0-M55-Y30-K0), turquoise (C60-M0-Y25-K0) are suitable for rehabilitation equipment.
