Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years

Hospital is a stressful experience for both children and their families. The main stressors could be in the form of separation from family, loss of control, bodily injury, and pain. In clinical practice, nursing assessments in identifying anxiety in children and parents were often challenging. Nurse...

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Main Authors: Hermalinda Herman, Apiradee Pimsen, Lili Fajria, Deswita Nurshal, Okky Adelirandy, Rahmatika Amelda, Rahmi Ramadhan
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Andalas 2023-09-01
Series:NERS Jurnal Keperawatan
Online Access:http://ners.fkep.unand.ac.id/index.php/ners/article/view/320
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author Hermalinda Herman
Apiradee Pimsen
Lili Fajria
Deswita Nurshal
Okky Adelirandy
Rahmatika Amelda
Rahmi Ramadhan
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Lili Fajria
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Rahmatika Amelda
Rahmi Ramadhan
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description Hospital is a stressful experience for both children and their families. The main stressors could be in the form of separation from family, loss of control, bodily injury, and pain. In clinical practice, nursing assessments in identifying anxiety in children and parents were often challenging. Nurses tended to focus on the physical problem of children than on physicological respond. This research aimed to test the validity and reliability of parents' perception scale about hospitalization anxiety of children aged 1-6 years. The research used a descriptive-analytic research design with a cross-sectional study approach. The sample in this research were 34 parents taken by accidental sampling technique. The sample criteria were children undergoing hospitalization aged 1-6 years and being treated for more than one day. Data were collected using a questionnaire for parents' perceptions about the anxiety of hospitalization for children aged 1-6 years. This questionnaire consisted of 18 items ranging from never to often. The researcher used the Cronbach alpha test and Pearson product-moment to analyze the data. The results showed that 15 items were valid and reliable (r> 0.339) and Cronbach's Alpha value = 0.885). We could conclude that the scale was valid and reliable in measuring parents' perceptions about the anxiety of hospitalization for children aged 1-6 years. Further research was needed to test the effectiveness of this scale in a practical setting.
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spelling doaj-art-ffe101f85c164b91ab6ca43b37d3c9c02025-01-02T21:20:30ZengUniversitas AndalasNERS Jurnal Keperawatan1907-686X2461-07472023-09-0119212012510.25077/njk.19.2.120-125.2023260Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 YearsHermalinda Herman0Apiradee PimsenLili Fajria1Deswita Nurshal2Okky AdelirandyRahmatika AmeldaRahmi RamadhanBagian Keperawatan materitas anak fakultas keperawatan Universitas AndalasBagian Keperawatan materitas anak fakultas keperawatan Universitas AndalasBagian Keperawatan materitas anak fakultas keperawatan Universitas AndalasHospital is a stressful experience for both children and their families. The main stressors could be in the form of separation from family, loss of control, bodily injury, and pain. In clinical practice, nursing assessments in identifying anxiety in children and parents were often challenging. Nurses tended to focus on the physical problem of children than on physicological respond. This research aimed to test the validity and reliability of parents' perception scale about hospitalization anxiety of children aged 1-6 years. The research used a descriptive-analytic research design with a cross-sectional study approach. The sample in this research were 34 parents taken by accidental sampling technique. The sample criteria were children undergoing hospitalization aged 1-6 years and being treated for more than one day. Data were collected using a questionnaire for parents' perceptions about the anxiety of hospitalization for children aged 1-6 years. This questionnaire consisted of 18 items ranging from never to often. The researcher used the Cronbach alpha test and Pearson product-moment to analyze the data. The results showed that 15 items were valid and reliable (r> 0.339) and Cronbach's Alpha value = 0.885). We could conclude that the scale was valid and reliable in measuring parents' perceptions about the anxiety of hospitalization for children aged 1-6 years. Further research was needed to test the effectiveness of this scale in a practical setting.http://ners.fkep.unand.ac.id/index.php/ners/article/view/320
spellingShingle Hermalinda Herman
Apiradee Pimsen
Lili Fajria
Deswita Nurshal
Okky Adelirandy
Rahmatika Amelda
Rahmi Ramadhan
Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years
NERS Jurnal Keperawatan
title Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years
title_full Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years
title_fullStr Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years
title_full_unstemmed Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years
title_short Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years
title_sort validity and reliability of hospitalization anxiety scale based on parent perception in children age 1 6 years
url http://ners.fkep.unand.ac.id/index.php/ners/article/view/320
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