Background: Nurses play a critical role in helping the child and family cope effectively with hospitalization. Play is an essential part of a child’s life and is an important aspect in fostering growth and development. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Clay therapy on anxiety among hospitalized preschool children in paediatric medical ward. Methodology: In this study a True experimental, pre-test –post-test control group design was adopted. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 60 hospitalized preschool children. Pre-test was conducted by hospital observed behaviour check list on the first day after obtaining consent from all the subjects then clay therapy was given 30 minutes once a day for 7 Consecutive days (total 7 sessions) for the subjects. Posttest was assessed on 7th day using the same tool. Results: Conclusion: The study concluded that clay therapy is cost effective, non-invasive, non-pharmacological complementary and alternative therapy to reduce the level of anxiety among children.
Clay therapy, Anxiety, Hospitalization, Preschool Children
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