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. 2021 Feb 19;13(2):e13436. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13436

Table 2. Shows the association between the participants with at least one anxiety disorder and the effect of fluorescent light. N = 202 participants and the frequencies of the associations were added as well.

P < 0.05 is significant.

Questionnaire questions Has at least one anxiety disorder (n=97) Does not have an anxiety disorder (n=105) P-value
Which type of light do you prefer? 0.079
Fluorescent 42 (41.2%) 60 (58.8%)
Incandescent 35 (62.5%) 21 (37.5%)
Both 17 (44.7%) 21 (55.3%)
Others 3 (50.0%) 3 (50.0%)
I do not feel comfortable with the lighting of this clinic 0.007
Agree 21 (75.0%) 7 (25.0%)
Disagree 73 (44.2%) 92 (55.8%)
I don’t know 3 (33.3%) 6 (66.7%)
What would you do if you were in a room that had fluorescent light? 0.007
Try to adapt to the lights 14 (66.7%) 7 (33.3%)
Leave the room 14 (73.7%) 5 (26.3%)
Nothing 65 (42.6%) 93 (57.4%)