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.
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%) |