從銀髮族生活型態探討行動輔具感性因子

Emotional Factors of Mobility Aids from Senior Lifestyle Standpoint

本研究根據文獻中整理出銀髮族相關之生活型態 AIO 量表與感性因子，進行問卷調查，瞭解銀髮族生活型態， 歸納銀髮族族群對行動輔具偏好感性因子。經個案觀察，探討銀髮族消費行為與產品使用情境。第二階段為專家訪 談，使用紮根理論歸納訪談資料，並導出行動輔具產業未來關鍵設計因子。 研究結果透過生活型態趨勢研究，可分為三個族群而偏好的行動輔具感性特質代表詞彙如新奇的、時尚的、華 麗的、典雅的、復古的等等 21 個詞彙，其中偏好的材料與顏色特性有「淺色調、暖色調、透明的、銀色、金色、白 色」。分析後建立關鍵設計因子為「社會互動、機能滿足、輕量化、安心舒適、醫療保健、健康回春、流行品味」， 希望能幫助未來設計師開發出符合需求的創新輔具產品。

This paper mainly investigates the important literature related to Kansei Engineering and the seniors' mobility aids, and it will also conduct research on the lifestyle trends of the pre-seniors and the seniors. In order to establish the development foundation for matching the seniors' emotional-factor preferences and their product semantics, this study firstly examines the research of lifestyle by A.I.O. inventory, and then analyzes the trends and the current situations of the seniors' lifestyles by using factor analysis and cluster analysis methods. Meanwhile, through questionnaire survey, observation, as well as interviewing, it analyzes the seniors' consumer behaviors, and by means of the variance analysis to understand the cognitions, the consumer attitudes, and demands to the mobility aids among the different groups of seniors. On the other hand, it conducts surveys and cross-comparison in what are needed for the related industries to develop the seniors' mobility aids. Finally, we obtain the emotional factors by analyzing and summarizing the seniors' mobility aids.