Therapeutic Peer Play sebagai Upaya Menurunkan Kecemasan Anak Usia Sekolah selama Hospitalisasi
Abstract: Anxiety is a
reaction that often occurs in children during hospitalization and the resulting
decline in condition, duration of adaptation, and developmental disorders. The
writing is aimed to investigate the effect of therapeutic-peer-play against the
anxiety of school-age children who were hospitalized, which is obtained from
the research results. The study design using quasy-experiment, pre-test
post-test control-group design, and each sample 33 in the intervention and
control groups. Data analysis with paired t-test. Results showed there were
significant effects (p-value = 0.000) against the anxiety of 11.09 {3.73 in the
intervention and control (66%); of anxiety is a mild anxiety}. Given the
therapeutic-peer-play affects the anxiety of school-age children who are
treated, it is necessary to increase efforts to play the role of nurses towards
therapeutic school-age children during hospitalization.
Penulis: Umi Shollikhah
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd110041
