The effect of music on anaesthetists' psychomotor performance.

Hawksworth, C R; Sivalingam, P; Asbury, A J · Anaesthesia · 1998

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

Music is frequently played in operating theatres, but may prove distracting to anaesthetists. We undertook a laboratory-based study of the effects of music on the psychomotor performance of 12 anaesthetic trainees. Using part of the computer-based PsychE psychomotor evaluation programme, we were unable to demonstrate any effect of self-chosen music, silence, white noise or classical music on their performance in these tests.

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