<![CDATA[ABSTRACT: PLAYING CLAY THERAPEUTIC REDUCES ANXIETY LEVELS IN PRE-SCHOOL AGE DURING INJECTION ACTION Background: Many children who are hospitalized have anxiety. The child's anxiety was caused by the injection. Anxiety in children is characterized by a refusal reaction, the child is afraid of the treatment given, the child often cries and is not cooperative with health workers. For this reason, clay therapy is given, where playing can make children happier and more comfortable so that stress and tension can be avoided.Objective: To determine the effect of clay therapy on anxiety levels in preschool children during injection in the Orchid room of dr. Soeselo Slawi.Research Methods: This type of research is quantitative, quasi experimental design with one group pretest and posttest design approach. The sample in this study were 20 preschool children. The instrument used was an observation sheet to determine anxiety using the Spence Children Anxiety Scale. Data analysis was univariate (frequency distribution) and bivariate (Wilxocon test).Results: The results of the Wilcoxon test using a computer program at an error rate of 5% (ρ - 0.05) were obtained ρ value = 0.002 so that ρ value <ρ namely (0.002 <0.05) which means that Ha is accepted and it means that there is an effect of playing therapeutic clay on the level of anxiety in preschool children during the injection in the Anggrek room RSUD dr. Soeselo Slawi.Conclusion: there is an effect of playing therapeutic clay on the level of anxiety in preschool children during the injection in the Orchid room at RSUD dr. Soeselo Slawi. The recommendation from this study is that clay can be given to preschoolers to reduce anxiety during injection. Keywords: Play, Clay, Injection, Anxiety INTISARI: BERMAIN TERAPEUTIK CLAY MENURUNKAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH SAAT TINDAKAN INJEKSI Latar Belakang : Anak yang dirawat di rumah sakit banyak yang mengalami kecemasan. Kecemasan pada anak tersebut disebabkan saat tindakan injeksi. Kecemasan pada anak ditandai dengan reaksi menolak, anak takut terhadap pengobatan yang diberikan, anak sering menangis dan tidak kooperatif pada petugas kesehatan. Untuk itu, diberikan terapi clay, dimana bermain dapat menjadikan diri anak lebih senang dan nyaman sehingga adanya stress dan ketegangan dapat dihindarkan.Tujuan : Mengetahui pengaruh terapi clay terhadap tingkat kecemasan pada anak usia prasekolah saat tindakan injeksi di ruang Anggrek RSUD dr. Soeselo Slawi.Metode Penelitian : Jenis penelitian kuantitatif, rancangan quasi experimental design dengan pendekatan one group pretest and posttest design. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah anak usia prasekolah sebanyak 20 responden. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah lembar observasi untuk mengetahui kecemasan dengan menggunakan Spence Children Anxiety Scale. Analisis data secara univariat (distribusi frekuensi) dan bivariate (wilxocon test).Hasil : Hasil dari uji Wilcoxon test dengan menggunakan program komputer pada tingkat kesalahan 5% (ρ – 0.05) di peroleh ρ value = 0.002 sehingga ρ value < ρ yaitu (0.002 < 0.05) yang berarti Ha diterima dan artinya ada pengaruh bermain terapeutik clay terhadap tingkat kecemasan pada anak usia prasekolah saat tindakan injeksi di ruang Anggrek RSUD dr. Soeselo Slawi.Kesimpulan : ada pengaruh bermain terapeutik clay terhadap tingkat kecemasan pada anak usia prasekolah saat tindakan injeksi di ruang Anggrek RSUD dr. Soeselo Slawi.Rekomendasi dari penelitian ini adalah clay dapat diberikan pada anak usia prasekolah untuk mengurangi kecemasan saat tindakan injeksi. Kata Kunci : Bermain, Clay, Injeksi, Kecemasan]]>
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