Effect of psycho educational intervention on level of anxiety among Hospitalized children: A systemic Literature review

Niyati Patel, Vipin Vageriya
2019 Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics  
Hospitalization and Disease can be the first crisis situation that a child encounters. Hospitalization may leads to increase the stress and level of anxiety among children and parents. An excessive or persistent state of anxiety can have a devastating effect on child's physical and mental health. Psych education is an evidence-based therapeutic intervention for clients and their family members who help them to cope with illness and give the information as well as support to understand in better
more » ... way. Psych education is helps to children and their family to minimize the emotional trauma during the hospital stay. Objective: To evaluate the impact of psycho educational intervention on level of anxiety among hospitalized children. Methods: A systematic literature review is conducted. Electronic database search to Collect Literature: The following electronic databases are searched: ProQuest, Research gate, Pubmed, EBSCO, science direct, the British Nursing Index and the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINHAL) and journal available in library. Result: collected review of literature result shows that psycho educational intervention considers a positive effect on reduce the level of anxiety among hospitalized children. Conclusion: psych educational intervention is cluster of the strategies like play therapy, storytelling, guided imagery etc. It is a non- invasive and safe intervention which helps to reduce the anxiety level. Keywords: psych educational intervention, anxiety level, hospitalized children, search engine, counselling
doi:10.22270/jddt.v9i4-s.3389 fatcat:fibszm32czedbobaajqzmte4nu