UPAYA MENURUNKAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA ANAK YANG MENGALAMI HOSPITALISASI DENGAN TERAPI BERMAIN MEWARNAI

Abstract

Hospitalization for sick children is often considered as a punishment which then makes children feel ashamed and afraid if they have to be in a hospital environment because they have to meet other people. stranger and must get action as a healing effort that can trigger anxiety and fear in children.  This study is to describe the provision of coloring play therapy to reduce anxiety levels in children who are hospitalized. In this study using a descriptive method which explains the efforts to reduce anxiety in children by playing color therapy in RSUD Sleman. The results of this study after coloring play therapy HARS scale dropped to 14 or the category of mild anxiety from the original score of 23 or moderate anxiety. There is a therapeutic effect of playing coloring pictures on children who was hospitalized at the Sleman Hospital.