TY  - JOUR
T1  - Investigating the Effectiveness of Play Therapy on Reducing Despair and Anxiety in Children with Cancer
A1  - A.T. Höglund
A1  - Kajsa Norberg Wieslander
A1  - Sara Frygner-Holm
A1  - Tove Godskesen
JF  - Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal
JO  - Clin Cancer Investig J
SN  - 2278-0513
Y1  - 2024
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.51847/F9hI7g5UlG
SP  - 8
EP  - 12
N2  - Hospitalization of children due to cancer causes feelings such as fear of death, anxiety, and despair in them. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of play therapy for hopelessness and anxiety in children with cancer. The current study is a semi-experimental type and was done with a post-test-pre-test design and with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of children with cancer who had visited the hospital. Among these children, 30 people were chosen by the available sampling method and were randomly divided into two control (15 people) and experimental (15 people) groups. For children in the experimental group, 8 sessions of play therapy were implemented. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS-23 software. According to the results obtained from this study, play therapy significantly reduced frustration and anxiety scores in the experimental group in the post-test phase (p
UR  - https://ccij-online.org/article/investigating-the-effectiveness-of-play-therapy-on-reducing-despair-and-anxiety-in-children-with-can-yknepzabpecsfhy
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