A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Clay Therapy in Reducing the Level of Anxiety among Hospitalized Children at the Age Group of 6 12 Years at Selected Hospitals, in Bhopal

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. Mr. Sunil Kumar Jaiswal | Mrs. Lubna | Mr. Akhil Kumar Pandey "A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Clay Therapy in Reducing the Level of Anxiety among Hospitalized Children at the Age Group of 6-12 Years at Selected Hospitals, in Bhopal" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-4, August 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd59743.pdf Paper Url:https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/59743/a-study-to-evaluate-the-effectiveness-of-clay-therapy-in-reducing-the-level-of-anxiety-among-hospitalized-children-at-the-age-group-of-612-years-at-selected-hospitals-in-bhopal/mr-sunil-kumar-jaiswal