RESPON KECEMASAN ANAK DAN CARA MEMINIMALKAN DAMPAK HOSPITALISASI DI RUANG SERUNI RSU KARSA HUSADA BATU

Abstract

Hospitalization provides a response to adverse physical and psychological impacts on all levels of the child's age which is very influential on the child's development, this anxiety response is in the form of crying, screaming, ordering to leave when the initial admission to the hospital lasts during tratment. The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of the children being treated, identify the physiological responses to the anxiety in children due to hospitalization, identify the psychological responses to anxiety in children due to hospitalization, identify health workers in reducing the anxiety in children due to hospitalization, identify family ways to minimize the impact of hospitalization. Uses a case study design, collecting data by interview and observation methods. The results of research on the location of inpatient care are still unattractive, there is no place to play. The characteristics of a 2 year old child, a girl, have never been treated. The level of physiological anxiety on the first day until the fourth day is being proven by asking to be carried. The response to psychological anxiety on the first day was severe, it was proven that the child always cried and experienced a moderate decrease on during treatment, but the child still always cried. The way the health workers minimized it on the first day was sufficient because they did not provide toys when communicating and experienced an increase on the fourth day. The family's way of minimizing the first day to the discharged is good. Based on the results of the during tratment study, the child's anxiety level will decrease during the treatment period they are undergoing because they have adapted and the importance of the influence of cooperation between the ways of health workers and the role of parents in minimizing the impact of hospitalization so that it does not have a bad impact on children. Discussion for hospital institutions or health workers to provide toys or implement play therapy programs, and for families to bring children's favorite toys when undergoing hospitalization.