HUBUNGAN TERAPI BERMAIN PUZZLE DENGAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA ANAK USIA PRA SEKOLAH (3-5 TAHUN) AKIBAT HOSPITALISASI DI RSUD BLAMBANGAN TAHUN 2017
Abstract
Stress due to hospitalization can make children become irritable, moan, whine, withdraw, convey their pain and fall in a state of anxiety. One of the therapies to overcome these anxieties is by playing puzzle therapy, a therapy that uses puzzle games that are randomly dismantled and the pieces of the puzzle are rearranged to become a whole. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation of puzzle play therapy with anxiety levels of preschoolers (3-5 years) due to hospitalization in Blambangan Hospital Banyuwangi in 2017.
The study design used was pre-experimental with one group pre-posttest design. This study used 30 children as sample which was decided by using total sampling techniques. Data obtained from observations before and after giving puzzles game therapy. The data analyzed by doing scoring, tabulating, and tested using the Wilxocon match pair test and SPSS 22 for Windows 7.
The respondents, before being given puzzle game therapy, who experienced severe anxiety were 17 children. After being given puzzle game therapy, the level of anxiety became mild on 16 respondents. After the calculation, it was obtained Asymp.sig value (2-tailed) (0,000) <0.05, the alternative hypothesis was accepted and the null hypothesis was rejected, which meant there was a significant correlation of puzzle game therapy to children anxiety.
It is expected that parents get insight/information regarding the importance of providing puzzle game therapy to reduce the level of anxiety in children. Puzzle game therapy can be applied to practice concentration and emotional control in preschoolers (3-5 years).
