The New Zealand medical journal
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It is common for music to be played in operating theatres around the world. The benefits or harms of this music on practitioners and patients are not well known. The aim of this paper is to examine the attitudes and perceptions of theatre staff towards the presence of music during operations on the theatre environment. ⋯ This study, while limited in size, demonstrates that theatre staff generally like music in the operating theatre, and most believe it has a positive impact on several aspects of the theatre environment, though a negative influence on communication. There have been no clinical impact studies on patient and this could be an avenue for future research.