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Effectiveness of craft therapy on anxiety of hospitalized children

Author(s) Dr. Mahimai Jacquline Josephine, Ms. Jyoti Jose
Country India
Abstract Abstract:
Over the past two decades, the pediatric population in hospitals has undergone significant change. Children are afraid of doctors, nurses, hospital routines and other health care workers. In other words, they have a phobia of white uniforms.
1. To compare the anxiety among hospitalized children between experimental and control group.
2. To determine the association of anxiety among hospitalized children in experimental and control group with selected baseline variables.
The study had a pre-test, post-test control group and employed a quantitative research design. The Paediatric Department performed the procedure. 40 children from the age group of 6 and 12 were selected using purposive sampling technique. To prevent contamination, data from the control group was first acquired. Over the course of two days, the study group participated in three craft therapy sessions. Every child had a 30 minute session. The kids discovered how to use colored paper to create bright toys like frogs, boats, fish, and butterflies. Etc. After two days, the anxiety levels of both the group were measured using the anxiety assessment checklist.
The findings indicated that the that the pretest mean score of the study group was (9.57) and that of the group under control was (9.07), while the posttest mean score of the study group was (3.4) and that belonging to the control group was (5.57). Prior to therapy, the study group exhibited noticeably greater levels of hospitalized anxiety in contrast to the group under control (p<0.001).
The present research demonstrates that providing Craft therapy to hospitalized children reduces anxiety.
Keywords Effectiveness, Anxiety, Craft, Hospitalization, Children.
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-11-26
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.61655
Short DOI https://doi.org/hbdrgp
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