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ABSTRACT
Hospitalization experienced by preschool-age children causes an increase in
anxiety due to actions that cause trauma to a certain part, for example, when a
child is about to have blood drawn, administer drugs, undergo surgical
procedures, or receive medical treatment. Giving play therapy by coloring
pictures can reduce the level of anxiety experienced by children because, by
coloring, they can explore the feelings that are being experienced. Purpose: This
study was to determine the effect of giving a picture coloring intervention on
reducing anxiety levels in preschool-aged children undergoing hospitalization at
Rawalumbu Hospital. Methods: The design of this study uses a quantitative
approach with a quasi-experimental design, using a one-group pretest-posttest
design. The number of samples used in this study was 38, using a purposive
sampling technique. The research instrument used to measure the anxiety level of
respondents was the HARS (Hamilton Anxiety Rate Scale) with the Wilcoxon test.
Results: This study showed that there was an effect of giving a picture coloring
intervention on reducing the anxiety level of preschool-age children undergoing
hospitalization at Rawalumbu Hospital, which indicated a P-value of 0.000 where
the number <α = 0.01. The conclusion from giving play therapy to preschoolers
anxiety levels is that it is proven to have an effect on reducing anxiety levels in
children undergoing hospitalization.

Keywords: coloring pictures, anxiety level, preschool, hospitalization.