Editor's Note
Musical preferences and perceptions of the effect of music in the OR differ by professional status and specialty, this study finds.
A survey of 282 patients and 390 providers (ie, physicians, residents, and nurses in anesthesiology and surgery), found that:
- Patients who highly enjoyed music said it alleviated stress and enhanced concentration and communication, and they favored music in the OR. Genres favored most were rock music (32%), classical music (28%), and top 40 hits (26%).
- Nurses and residents were more likely than attending surgeons to report high enjoyment of music.
- Surgeons and anesthesiologists had high median scores for enjoyment of music and low median scores for music as distraction.
- Anesthesiologists preferred classical and jazz/blues at lower volumes, compared with surgeons who favored top 40 hits at higher noise levels.
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