The Effect of Therapeutic Communication on the Anxiety Level of Children Undergoing the COVID-19 Vaccination
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Title
The Effect of Therapeutic Communication on the Anxiety Level of Children Undergoing the COVID-19 Vaccination
Subject
anxiety levels, covid-19 vaccination, school age children,therapeutic communication
Description
Background: Anxiety is often encountered in society, especially
in children, when undergoing the COVID-19 vaccination.
Anxiety is a factor influencing children to refuse vaccination.
Therefore, nurses need to reduce this level of anxiety through
the application of therapeutic communication. This research
was carried out to determine the effect of therapeutic
communication on children's anxiety levels during the
implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination.
Methods: A pre-experiment design with a one-group pretestposttest design was used on 58 respondents who were selected
using a simple random sampling technique. The research
instrument used was the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale
(SAS/SRAS) questionnaire with a Likert scale model, and the
results were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test
statistical test.
Results: The results of the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test analysis
on respondents' anxiety levels showed that there was a
decrease in anxiety after therapeutic communication was
carried out with a p-value of 0.00 (p < 0.05), which means that
therapeutic communication had a significant influence on the
anxiety level of children undergoing the COVID-19
vaccination.
Conclusion: Therapeutic communication can effectively reduce the anxiety level of children undergoing COVID-19
vaccination
in children, when undergoing the COVID-19 vaccination.
Anxiety is a factor influencing children to refuse vaccination.
Therefore, nurses need to reduce this level of anxiety through
the application of therapeutic communication. This research
was carried out to determine the effect of therapeutic
communication on children's anxiety levels during the
implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination.
Methods: A pre-experiment design with a one-group pretestposttest design was used on 58 respondents who were selected
using a simple random sampling technique. The research
instrument used was the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale
(SAS/SRAS) questionnaire with a Likert scale model, and the
results were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test
statistical test.
Results: The results of the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test analysis
on respondents' anxiety levels showed that there was a
decrease in anxiety after therapeutic communication was
carried out with a p-value of 0.00 (p < 0.05), which means that
therapeutic communication had a significant influence on the
anxiety level of children undergoing the COVID-19
vaccination.
Conclusion: Therapeutic communication can effectively reduce the anxiety level of children undergoing COVID-19
vaccination
Creator
Irfan Hanif Naufal, Addi Mardi Harnanto, Sunarto Sunarto, Widodo Widodo, Sudiro Sudiro
Source
https://doi.org/10.37341/jkg.v8i.878
Publisher
Poltekkes Surakarta
Date
June 2023
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
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Citation
Irfan Hanif Naufal, Addi Mardi Harnanto, Sunarto Sunarto, Widodo Widodo, Sudiro Sudiro, “The Effect of Therapeutic Communication on the Anxiety Level of Children Undergoing the COVID-19 Vaccination,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 13, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10871.