The Effect of Animated Education and Cartoon Video on Children Anxiety during Intravenous Insertion

Abstract

Intravenous (IV) insertion is one of the most common invasive procedures that causes pain, fear, and even stress for children. Uncontrolled anxiety feeling can develop into excessive anxiety and create a permanent traumatic impact on a child's life. Children need to know about the procedure that they will face in interesting way. This study purpose to identify the effectiveness of providing information through animated educational media about IV insertion on children's anxiety responses. This quantitative research used quasy-experimental design approach to compare three interventions between Animated Educational Video, Cartoon Video and Control Group. The samples of this study were choosen by consecutive sampling which it starts on April until June 2022. It was conducted at emergency unit of three hospitals area in Bali Province. Total respondents were about 90 children divided into three groups. Data was collected using Children Fear's Scale (CFS) as the instrument. This study found that there was a significant difference between three intervention groups (α=0,008 p<0,05). The animated education video group showed lowest mean anxiety score (1.90) compared to other group interventions. The developed animated education video can be selected intervention to control the anxiety feeling of children during IV insertion.