Efektivitas Terapi Bermain (Mewarnai) Terhadap Penurunan Kecemasan Anak Usia Prasekolah (3-6 Tahun) Yang Dirawat Di Rumah Sakit Harapan Bunda Batam

Abstract

Anxiety is the impact of hospitalization that occurred in preschool children. This impact can be a trouble on the growth and recovery  process of children. To reduce anxiety, children can be given a play therapy. purpose: The purpose of this research was to know the effectiveness of Play Therapy (coloring) towards reducing the anxiety of preschool children (3 until 6 years old) that hospitalized at Harapan Bunda Hospital. methode: A quasi-experiment and pretest-posttest design have functioned in this research. The number of samples was 20 children. It was chosen by purposive sampling technique. In analyzing the data, the researcher used observation sheets of anxiety and Paired Sample T-Test to see the differences of the anxiety levels before and after given a play therapy (coloring) in preschool children. result: Based on the research finding, the result of this research is p=0,000. It can be concluded that Play Therapy (coloring) was able to reduce anxiety in hospitalized children. In this research, the hospital has suggested giving Play Therapy (coloring) in hospitalized children.