The Effect of Music on Surgical Skill in the Setting of Simulated Intraocular Surgery

Laval University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgical Performance

Treatments: Behavioral: Music - Mozart's sonata for 2 pianos in D-440

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02349204

2015-1938

Details and patient eligibility

About

Music is commonly heard in operating room. The goal of this study is to measure the effect of music on surgical performance using a intraocular surgery simulator. The music chosen is Sonata for 2 pianos D-440 from Mozart. The participants will complete 2 tasks on the simulator, both with and without music, in a randomized sequence. The results will be subtracted from the simulator and analyzed.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ophthalmology residents at Laval University
• Ophthalmologist at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Exposure to music

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in this groups will have to complete the tasks on the intraocular surgery simulator while listening to Mozart's sonata for 2 pianos in D-440

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music - Mozart's sonata for 2 pianos in D-440

No exposure

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants in this groups will have to complete the tasks on the intraocular surgery simulator in silence