A study to assess the effectiveness of play therapy on anxiety among hospitalized children

Play promotes healing and helps the child to cope with stressful experiences. Children Won fear treatments are helped to release their feelings in their use of falls and other toys. The attitudes and feelings that children reveal in their play are full of meaning.. The child can find acceptable outlets for hostilities through play activities. The study aimed at to assess the pre test and post test level of anxiety among hospitalized children in selected hospitals at Vadodara, To evaluate the effectiveness of play therapy on anxiety among hospitalized children in selected hospitals at Vadodara, To determine the association between post-test anxiety level among hospitalized children in selected hospitals at Vadodara and demographic variables. The convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. Data was collected by using a structured anxiety rating score. The tool consists of two parts. First part consists of demographic data of the sample and se c ond part consists of the a structured anxiety rating score In experimental post test mean score, 37.87 and SD was 14.708 respectively. The obtained ‘t’ value 14.015 statistically was significant at 0.000 level. So research hypothesis was accepted, in Comparison of mean score of experimental post – test and control post – test that the obtained ‘t’ value is 8.165 statistically v a l u e was .000 so it is significant (< 0.05) therefore research hypothesis was accepted so it clearly shows that the level of anxiety was reduce in experimental group in post test The study concluded that children’s was anxious in the pre-test and were as in the post-test shows that children’s was not anxious or reduced so, it indicates that play activities was effective Key Word: Anxiety, Emotional reaction, fear, Gaze behavior, Growth and Development, Hospitalization, Misconception, Play activities, Therapeutic value