Sri Mujiyanti Mungalim, R. Rismawati
May 23, 2020
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Preschoolers are early childhood where the child has not stepped on the school year unfolds aged 3-6 years . Like adults, children can also be stricken with an illness and require hospitalization for the diagnosis and treatment of disease. So that these conditions become a factor stressors in children can cause anxiety . Overcoming anxiety levels in children, nurses in providing interventions should consider the needs of children in accordance growth. One of the activities to reduce children's anxiety is playing lego . The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of therapeutic activity against anxiety level playing lego preschool children (3-6 years) due to hospitalization . The research design used in this study is a quasi-experimental design studies with a one-shot approach of case study. Respondents in this research were 22 children, where data collection by distributing questionnaires anxiety levels to be completed by the parent / guardian respondents . Data retrieval performed twice, ie before therapy and after playing lego play therapy. Processing data using a computer program . The average level of anxiety before is 111.86 and after 63.50 , the results of analysis using parametric statistical tests Paired t-test results P value = 0.000 meaning <α (0.05) it can be concluded that there is a significant effect between the level of anxiety before and afte r play therapy . Recommended to apply play therapy to reduce anxiety levels of preschool children who are being Hospital treated nursery in Banten Hospital . Keywords: Therapeutic Activities; Lego; Anxiety; Hospitalization