Penerapan Atraumatic Care dengan Kecemasan Anak Pra-Sekolah Saat Proses Hospitalisasi

Introduction: Hospitalization is a crisis condition in children when the child is sick and hospitalized. Getting sick and being hospitalized is an unpleasant experience and most of the nursing process makes children afraid and even traumatized. Atraumatic care is a therapeutic care service in the setting of children's health services through the use of actions that reduce physical and psychological distress experienced by children and parents. The application of atraumatic care with audiovisual, namely providing cartoon videos, this therapy is very effective in reducing anxiety in children who are hospitalized. The goal is to reduce the anxiety due to hospitalization with Atraumatic care. Method The research method is a quasi-experimental design with a pre and post-test control group. Analysis of the data using the Wilcoxon test and to test the differences between the two groups using the independent test or Mann Whitney test. A sample of 56 preschoolers. Results: There was a difference between preschool children's anxiety during hospitalization in the experimental group and the control group (p-value 0.001). The conclusion is that there is an effect of applying audio-visual atraumatic on the anxiety of preschool children. Suggestions should apply audio-visual atraumatic care to reduce anxiety in pre-school childrenPendahuluan: Hospitalisasi merupakan suatu keadaan krisis pada anak, saat anak sakit dan dirawat di rumah sakit. Sakit dan dirawat di rumah sakit merupakan pengalaman yang tidak menyenangkan dan sebagian besar proses keperawatan menjadikan anak takut bahkan trauma. Pelayanan Atraumatic care merupakan suatu pelayanan perawatan terapeutik dalam tatanan pelayanan kesehatan anak melalui penggunaan tindakan yang mengurangi distres fisik maupun distres psikologis yang dialami anak maupun orang tua. Penerapan atraumatic care dengan audiovisual yaitu memberikan video kartun, terapi ini sangat efektif mengurangi kecemasan pada anak yang mengalami hospitalisasi. Tujuan menurunkan angka kecemasan akibat hospitalisasi dengan Atraumatic care. Metode penelitian yaitu quasi eksprimen dengan rancangan pre and posttest control group. Analisa data menggunakan uji wilcoxon dan untuk menguji perbedaan dua kelompok menggunakan uji independent test atau Mann Whitney test. Sampel 56 anak prasekolah. Hasil: Ada perbedaan kecemasan anak prasekolah saat hospitalisasi pada kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol (p value 0,001). Kesimpulan ada pengaruh penerapan atraumatik audio-visual pada kecemasan anak prasekolah. Saran sebaiknya menerapkan atraumatic care audio visual untuk mengurangi kecemasan anak pra-sekolah