Child Life Program Through Drawing Play Activity as Efforts to Minimize Stress Hospitalization in Children with Leukemia Arief Yuni Sufyanti1,*, Ilya Krisnana2, Rachmawati Praba Diyan2, Nursalam3, Ugrasena IDG4, Devy Shrimarti R.5 1Doctoral Student in Health Science, Public Health Faculty Lecturer of Maternity and Pediatric Nursing Department, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia 2Lecturer of Maternity and Pediatric Nursing Department, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia 3Lecturer of Fundamental Nursing Division Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia 4Lecturer of Pediatric Division Medical Faculty, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia 5Lecturer in Public Health Faculty, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Yuni Sufyanti Arief, SKp., M. Kes, Pediatric Nursing Division Maternity and Pediatric Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, Phone: +62812-3106-365, Email: yuni_psik@yahoo.com, yuni_sa@fkp.unair.ac.id
Online published on 19 August, 2019. Abstract Background Leukemia occupies 40% of all malignancies in children. A child who is diagnosed with leukemia will undergo some procedure measures a long and painful. Nurses in nursing care in children with various disorders of the body system of planned activities to minimize the stress of hospitalization that occurs in children. Child Life Program is one of the interventions in nursing care in children to minimize the impact stress of hospitalization and optimize growth and development in children. The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of Child Life Program through drawing play activities to decrease the stress of hospitalization in children suffering from Leukemia. Method This study was a quasi-experiment. The study population was children who suffering from leukemia are treated in the pediatric ward Soetomo Hospital. Result The result showed there is influence child life program through drawing play activity using “My Activities Book” on the response to the stress of hospitalization of children before and after the intervention with a p-value = 0.001. Conclusion Child life program through drawing play activity using “My Activities Book” can affect the stress response of hospitalization in children with leukemia. Child life program through drawing play activity using “My Activities Book” can be an alternative therapy that can be used to minimize the stress of hospitalization in children with leukemia. Top Keywords Stress, Hospitalization, Child Life Program, Leukemia. Top |