DESCRIPTION OF ANXIETY LEVELS ON SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN DURING HAVING BEEN HOSPITALIZED IN LOCAL GENERAL HOSPITAL OF DR. DJASAMEN SARAGIH PEMATANG SIANTAR

Abstract

Having been hospitalized in children can cause anxiety and stress on all levels of age.The anxious
children will feel tired because they cry continuously, don’t want to interact with a nurse, act fretfully,
whine to return home, refuse to eat, that can slow the process of healing, decline the spirit to recover
because they act uncooperatively to the care. This research aims to know the anxiety level of school
age children during having been hospitalized. The research design used was descriptive. Sampling
technique used was purposive sampling with a respondent sample of 66. Results of the study showed
the majority of respondents are at a medium level of anxiety with the amount of 35 persons (53,0%)
then had 25 people (37.9 percent) are at a level of anxiety, and 6 persons (9.1 percent) are at a severe
level of anxiety. The research is recommendedto the nurse room to be more sensitive to each
intervention will be awarded particularly on children, so it can minimize the impact of having been
hospitalized in children.