Title

Impact of animation therapy on anxiety level among children in India

Authors

S. Saravanan¹, S.P. Blessly Pramila², P. Padmavathi³, S.Vijayalakshmi⁴, G. Ramalakshmi⁵, N.B. Mahalakshmi², G. Ramani⁶, S. Jothimani⁷ & P. Jamunarani⁸,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Sri Gokulam College of Nursing, Salem, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Paediatric Nursing, KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Obstetrics & Gynecological Nursing, Dhanvantri College of Nursing, Namakkal, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁴Department of Obstetrics & Gynecological Nursing, Vignesh College of Nursing, Tiruvannamalai, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁵Department of Community health Nursing, College of Nursing, S.G.R.R University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; ⁶Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Kongunadu College of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁷Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Tagore College of Nursing, Chenkgalpatu, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁸Department of Psychiatric Nursing, KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

S. Saravanan - E - mail: saravanan7@rocketmail.com
S.P. Blessly Pramila - E-mail: blessypramila@gmail.com
P. Padmavathi - E-mail: padmasekar2009@gmail.com
S. Vijayalakshmi - E-mail: jishnuda@gmail.com
G. Ramalakshmi - E-mail: ramalakshmibazla@gmail.com
N.B. Mahalakshmi - E-mail: nbmlakshmi.kmch@gmail.com
G. Ramani - E-mail: ramani9411@gmail.com
S. Jothimani - E-mail: jothimani1802@gmail.com
P. Jamunarani - E-mail: jamunarani@kmchcon.ac.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2026; Revised September 30, 2026; Accepted September 30, 2026, Published September 30, 2026

Abstract

Hospitalized children commonly experience anxiety due to unfamiliar surroundings, separation from family, illness and therapeutic procedures. A quasi-experimental pre- and post-test control group study was conducted among 60 hospitalized children in selected hospitals of Coimbatore district, with 30 children in each group. The effectiveness of animation therapy was evaluated using a standardised anxiety scale. In the experimental group, mean anxiety decreased significantly from 51.86 to 33.73 (t=13.50, p<0.05). In the control group, the mean decreased from 62.53 to 60.80 (t=1.83, p>0.05). The post-test mean anxiety score was significantly lower in the experimental group than in the control group (t=16.60, p<0.05). Thus, data shows that animation therapy effectively reduces anxiety among hospitalized Indian children.

Keywords

Animation therapy, anxiety, children, paediatric nursing

Citation

Saravanan et al. Bioinformation 22(9): 5916-5919 (2026)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.