Assess The effectiveness of play activities on anxiety during therapeutic interventions among hospitalized children at selected hospitals of Mohali, Punjab

A quasi-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of play activities on anxiety during therapeutic interventions among hospitalized children at selected hospitals of Mohali, Punjab. To assess and compare the pre-test and post-test level of knowledge on anxiety among hospitalized children. To find out the association between the post-test on anxiety among hospitalized children with their selected socio-demographic variables. After approval of the ethical committee, Pilot study was conducted on the 06 subjects. After pilot study reliability of tool was assessed and tool was found reliable and the study was found to be feasible. Prior to data collection permission was obtained from medical superintendent of selected hospital and purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 study subjects of selected Hospital of Mohali, Punjab. The data was analyzed and interpreted in terms of objectives of the study. The descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized for the data analysis. Result of the present study shows the descriptive and inferential statistics that in experimental group pre-test (90%) had moderate level of anxiety. Whereas in control group pre-test (93%) had moderate level of anxiety. Whereas less than half of the hospitalized children (43.3%) in experimental group had mild anxiety after administration of play therapy and (40%) had moderate level of anxiety whereas most of the hospitalized children (80%) in comparison group had moderate anxiety after administration of play therapy. Therefore, it indicated that play activity was effective method to reduce anxiety in hospitalized children. In experimental group pre-test (90%) had moderate level of anxiety. Whereas in control group pre-test (93%) had moderate level of anxiety. Whereas less than half of the hospitalized children (43.3%) in experimental group had mild anxiety after administration of play therapy and (40%) had moderate level of anxiety whereas most of the hospitalized children (80%) in comparison group had moderate anxiety after administration of play therapy. The study concluded that children were anxious in the pre-test and were as in the post-test shows that children anxiety was very less. Hence it indicated that play activities were effective method to reduce the anxiety.