Background: Play therapy in cancer children is a major intervention that can meet the needs of playing in children who are hospitalized.Purpose: This study aimed to determine an effective play therapy model given to children with cancer undergoing hospitalization.Methods: The research design used is quantitative descriptive with a Systematic Review approach. Data collection techniques using article search sources in this study are Pubmed, Science Direct, Google Schoolar, Portal Garuda, JOIN, IJSR, and Emerald. Articles published from 2015-2019 and focus on play therapy interventions in children suffering from cancer.Results: The results of the analysis of nine articles in accordance with the inclusion criteria about play therapy in children with cancer proved effective in reducing hospitalization of children. The play therapy used in the selected article is drawing, painting, puzzle, storytelling, cognitive behavior and therapeutic play with 20-60 minutes of execution time.Conclusion: The play therapy is recommended for use because the technique is simple, does not require a lot of tools and materials, is easy, affordable and can be done by children with preschool and school-age cancer who are hospitalized.

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Abstract. Diarrhea is still the second highest cause of the death in children under five in the world. Innovation programs continue to be sought to reduce the number of child death due to diarrhea and help diarrhea prevention in Indonesia. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of educational games called as Arbi Care on diarrhea prevention towards the knowledge of healthy behavior among preschoolers. This study used pre-post test control group design involving 120 participants whom fit the inclusion criteria. Participants were randomly divided into a control group of 60 participants and the intervention group consists of 60 participants. Data were analyzed using one-way MANOVA test. The results showed there were significant mean differences in knowledge of healthy behavior to prevent diarrhea between control group and intervention group. There was also a different increased inclination of mean score which is intervention group score higher than control group. Arbi Care is effective in improving the knowledge of healthy behavior to prevent diarrhea among preschoolers. Thus, Arbi Care is recommended to be the model to help prevent diarrhea in children using educational game.

Dysmenorrhoea is experienced by most girls which causes them to be absent from school repeatedly so that proper management of dysmenorrhea is needed. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of murottal therapy and finger handheld relaxation in adolescents with dysmenorrhea. This research method is a quantitative research with a quasi experiment with control group, the study population is young women with dysmenorrhea and the sample consists of 36 girls with dysmenorrhea divided into 18 respondents in the murottal therapy group and 18 respondents in the finger handheld relaxation group. The dysmenorrhea pain scale was measured by the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). The results showed that there were significant differences before and after the intervention, both murottal therapy and finger handheld relaxation with p value <0.0001. There was no significant difference in the murottal therapy and finger handheld relaxation groups with p value = 0.486. From the results of the study, it was concluded that murottal therapy and finger handheld relaxation were effective against dysmenorrhea in adolescents so that these two interventions could be used to treat dysmenorrhea in young womenABSTRAKDismenorea dialami sebagian besar remaja perempuan yang menyebabkan ketidakhadiran mereka di sekolah secara berulang sehingga dibutuhkan manajemen dismenore yang tepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana efektivitas murottal theraphy dan fing er handheld relaxation pada remaja dengan dismenore. Metode penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan quasi eksperiment with control group, populasi penelitian adalah remaja putri dengan dismenore dan sampel terdiri dari 36 remaja putri dengan dismenore yang dibagi menjadi 18 responden pada kelompok murottal theraphy dan 18 responden pada kelompok finger handheld relaxation. Skala nyeri dismenore diukur dengan Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna sebelum dan setelah diberikan intervensi baik murottal therapy maupun finger handheld relaxation dengan nilai p <0.0001. Tidak ada perbedaan signifikan pada kelompok murottal therapy dan finger handheld relaxation dengan nilai p=0,486. Dari hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa murottal therapy maupun finger handheld relaxation efektif terhadap dismenore pada remaja sehingga kedua intervensi ini dapat digunakan dalam mengatasi dismenore pada remaja putri

Hospitalization-induced anxiety in children can impede healing and lengthen hospitalization. As such, appropriate interventions are needed to reduce their anxiety during hospitalization. For example, brain exercise has been shown to reduce anxiety in children in diverse settings and developmental stages. This study was performed to compare the effect of brain exercise on anxiety in hospitalized school-and preschool-aged children. A pre-experimental pre/ posttest design was used, and 32 children were selected by consecutive sampling. Brain gym was given twice a day for 2 consecutive days. Data were collected from school-aged children by using a modified Zung Sel-Rating Anxiety Scale and Tailor Manifest Anxiety Scale and from preschoolers by utilizing a modified Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale observation sheet. Wilcoxon test results showed that brain gyms were effective in reducing anxiety in school-aged children (p = 0.016) and preschoolers (p = 0.006). Movements during brain exercises could activate the neocortex and parasympathetic nerves that can ease psychic and physical tension. Therefore, brain gym can be an effective intervention to decrease anxiety in preschoolers and school-aged children. Abstrak Brain Gym Efektif Menurunkan Kecemasan Pada Anak Usia Sekolah dan Pra Sekolah di Rumah Sakit. Kecemasan akibat rawat inap pada anak dapat menghambat penyembuhan dan memperpanjang rawat inap. Dengan demikian, intervensi yang tepat diperlukan untuk mengurangi kecemasan mereka selama dirawat di rumah sakit. Misalnya, latihan otak telah terbukti mengurangi kecemasan pada anak-anak dalam berbagai pengaturan dan tahap perkembangan. Penelitian bertujuan untuk membandingkan pengaruh senam otak terhadap kecemasan pada anak usia sekolah dan prasekolah yang dirawat di rumah sakit. Penelitian menggunakan desain pre-eksperimen pre/posttest, dan 32 anak dipilih dengan sampel konsekutif. Senam otak diberikan dua kali sehari selama dua hari berturut-turut. Data yang dikumpulkan dari anak-anak usia sekolah menggunakan modifikasi Zung Sel-Rating Anxiety Scale dan Tailor Manifest Anxiety Scale, sedangkan data anak-anak prasekolah menggunakan lembar observasi modifikasi Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Hasil uji Wilcoxon menunjukkan bahwa senam otak efektif menurunkan kecemasan pada anak usia sekolah (p = 0,016) dan anak prasekolah (p = 0,006). Gerakan pada saat senam otak dapat mengaktifkan neokorteks dan saraf parasimpatis yang dapat meredakan ketegangan psikis dan fisik. Oleh karena itu, senam otak dapat menjadi intervensi yang efektif untuk menurunkan kecemasan pada anak prasekolah dan usia sekolah. Kata Kunci: kecemasan, prasekolah, senam otak, usia sekolah