The Effects of Preferred Music on Laparoscopic Surgical Performance: A Randomized Crossover Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Music can have a positive effect on stress and general task performance. This randomized crossover study assessed the effects of preferred music on laparoscopic surgical performance in a simulated setting.

Methods

Sixty medical students, inexperienced in laparoscopy, were included between June 2018 and November 2018. A randomized, 4-period, 4-sequence, 2-treatment crossover study design was used, with each participant acting as its own control. Participants performed four periods, consisting of five peg transfer tasks each period, on a laparoscopic box trainer: two periods while wearing active noise-cancelling headphones and two periods during music exposure. Participants were randomly allocated to a sequence determining the order of the four periods. The parame

SUBMITTER: Oomens P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7326888 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature