This Study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of puppet play on reduction of anxiety among hospitalized children in selected hospitals of Badrachalam. Purposive Non probability Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 100 participants. The tool used for the study is Socio Demographic data and The modified short state trait anxiety inventory in Children scale. The Results reveals that ,In experimental group majority of 80% hospitalized children had severe anxiety, 12% had mild anxiety and 8% had moderate anxiety in pre test. Whereas, 68% hospitalized children had severe anxiety, 12% had mild anxiety and 20% had moderate anxiety in post test. In control group majority of 84% hospitalized children had severe anxiety, 8% had mild anxiety and 8% had moderate anxiety in pre test. Whereas, 96% hospitalized children had severe anxiety, 4% had moderate anxiety and 0% had mild anxiety in post test. In experimental group the mean post test anxiety score was 28.32 which were lower than the pre test anxiety score of 32.28. The mean difference obtained was 3.36 and calculated‘t’ value was 5.683 with df of 24 which was significant at 0.05 level. In control group the mean post test anxiety score was 32 which were higher than the pre test anxiety score of 31.32. The mean difference obtained was 0.68 and calculated ‘t’ value was 0.769 with df of 24 which was not significant at 0.05 level. In comparison between mean post test anxiety score of experimental Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Volume 10 Number 2, May-August 2021 DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jpn.2277.9035.10221.1 B Rajesh1, Jasline M2 © Red Flower Publication Pvt. Ltd. Authors Affiliation 1Assistant Professor, 2Vice Principal, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad 244001, Uttar Pradesh, India. Corrosponding Affiliation B Rajesh, Assistant Professor,Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad 244001, Uttar Pradesh, India. Email:gnanraj1986@gmail.com How to cite this article: B Rajesh, Jasline M, A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Puppet Play on Reduction of Anxiety Among Hospitalized Children in Selected Hospitals of Badrachalam,J PsychiatrNurs.2021:10(2):11-18. group i.e. 28.32 and mean post test of control group i.e. 32. The mean difference between post test anxiety score of experimental group and control group is 2.36. In experimental group the mean post test anxiety score was 28.32 which were lower than the post test anxiety score of 32 in control group. The mean difference obtained was 3.21 and calculated‘t’ value was 2.70 with df of 48 which was significant at 0.05 level. The study found that puppet play is effective in reducing anxiety among hospitalized children and also there is association between levels of anxiety and the condition diagnosed, children undergoing painful procedure and children on intravenous therapy.

Keywords:Puppet play; Effectiveness; Anxiety; Hospitalized children.