A study to assess the effectiveness of art therapy on level of anxiety among hospitalized children (3-6 years) in Pediatric ward IGMC & Hospital Shimla (H.P.)

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Pooja Sharma, Mrs. Parvati Negi

Art therapy, Anxiety level, Hospitalized children (3-6years).

ABSTRACT Background: Anxiety is one of the most common experiences of every hospitalized child; it adversely affects the course of hospital stay and affects the quality of nursing care as well. During the clinical placement, we had witnessed situations such as anxiety in children and the difficulties faced by the staff nurses who are responsible for their care, and while reviewing the literature, the we came across studies relating to Art therapy and its effectiveness in reducing children's anxiety. Objectives: 1) To assess the level of anxiety among hospitalized children (3-6 years) in Paediatric ward IGMC & hospital Shimla (H.P) 2) To assess the effectiveness of art therapy on level of anxiety among hospitalized children (3-6 years) in Paediatric ward IGMC & Hospital Shimla (H.P.) 3) To find out the association between pre-test and post- test score with selected demographic variables. Method and Material Pre-test Post-test approach was adopted by using pre-experimental design. The sample size was 40 hospitalized children (3-6 years) in Paediatric ward IGMC & Shimla, (H.P.). They were selected by using the purposive sampling technique. Ethical approval was taken from the concerned departments. The tool consisted of two sections. Section - A consist of Socio-demographic variables, and Section-B was standardized anxiety rating scale. Tool was validated by various experts. After conducting pre-test daily for three days, Art therapy was administered to the hospitalized children daily for three days. Post-test was conducted daily for three days. Statistical analysis of the acquired data was done by calculating mean, median, mean percentage, mean difference, standard deviation, paired-t test and chi square test. Results: Finding of the study in Pre-test on 1st day revealed that 27(67.5%) had high anxiety during hospitalization, 11(27.5%) had very high anxiety and 2(5%) children had some anxiety. On 2nd day finding revealed that 26(65.0%) had high anxiety during hospitalization, 11(27.5%) had some anxiety and 3(7.5%) children had very high anxiety. On 3rd day finding revealed 24(60.0%) had some anxiety during hospitalization, 16(40.0%) had high anxiety. In post- test finding of study 1st day revealed 27(67.5%) had little anxiety while 8(20%) had no anxiety and 5(12.5%) had some anxiety. On 2nd day finding revealed 21(52.5%) had little anxiety, 18(45.0%) had no anxiety. while 1(2.5%) had some anxiety. On 3rd day finding revealed that 30(75.0%) had no anxiety while 10(25.0%) had little anxiety. Conclusion: The pre -test mean score of anxiety is more than the mean of post -test. The calculated ‘t’ value was greater than the table value at 0.05 level of significance. Hence, it can be concluded that the art therapy was effective in reducing the anxiety level of hospitalized children (3-6 years).

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Pooja Sharma & Mrs. Parvati Negi (January-2026). A study to assess the effectiveness of art therapy on level of anxiety among hospitalized children (3-6 years) in Pediatric ward IGMC & Hospital Shimla (H.P.). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 11(1), a399-a421. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2601052.pdf

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Country: Bilaspur , Himachal Pradesh , India

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