<![CDATA[Objective: to determine the effect of the audio visual recording imagination guidance method on the stress of hospitalization in school-aged children in Makassar's Bhayangkara Hospital. Method: The research design used in this study was quasi experimental only post test with control group design. The sample is school age children (6-12 years) as many as 32 respondents. Intervention is the method of imagination audiovisual recording, given 3 times for 2 days (for 15 minutes). Results: The results of the study using mann-whitney test obtained p = 0.022 <which means that Ha was accepted, there was the influence of the audio visual recording imagination guidance method on the stress of hospitalization in school-age children in Bhayangkara Hospital, Makassar. Discussion: Hospitalation is a process where a child experiences pain, or trauma, which requires the child to get medical treatment or action and stay in the hospital either in an emergency or planned manner. Conclusion: There is an influence of the audio visual recording imagination guidance method on the stress of hospitalization in school-age children at the Bhayangkara Hospital, Makassar. Suggestion: This study provides information for health staff (nurses). It is expected that nurses can apply the method of imagining audio visual recording to reduce the stress of hospitalization for school-aged children who are being treated]]>
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