Abstract
We investigated the lighting environment in the waiting room of a health support pharmacy. We sent a survey to pharmacists and examined whether the lighting environment was appropriate for headache patients. The recovery rate was 42.5% (170/400). In response to the question, “Do you think the environment for treating patients is a light environment friendly to headache patients?”, responses were divided into two groups: an appropriate group (n = 84) that answered “suitable” or “somewhat suitable”, and an inappropriate group (n = 83) that answered “not very suitable” or “not suitable”. Regarding the type of lighting, in the appropriate group the most common answer was LED; on the other hand, in the inappropriate group the most common answer was fluorescent. As for the color of the lighting, neutral white was the most common in both groups; however, the responses that answered incandescent color was higher in the appropriate group. As for the lighting method, there were few responses that answered indirect lighting in both groups; however, the ratio of responses for indirect lighting was higher in the appropriate group. There was no difference in the presence or absence of headache in the pharmacists between the two groups; however, in the inappropriate group, there were many pharmacists with migraine with photophobia. It is known that incandescent color and indirect lighting are the preferred lighting environment for migraine patients. Our findings suggest that pharmacists who themselves suffer from migraine have an understanding of the lighting environment suitable for headache patients.
