Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: Circumcision is an effort to clean part of the foreskin on the penis. Surgical procedures such as circumcision are individual experiences that can cause anxiety, especially for parents when they are watching their child undergo the circumcision procedure. Objective: This study aims to describe the level of knowledge and anxiety of parents with children undergoing circumcision using the super ring method. Methods: The type of research is descriptive cross-sectional. The research was conducted at the Avamed circumcision clinic in Semarang city. The respondents numbered 30 people with the sampling technique being accidental sampling. Data on the level of knowledge were collected using a knowledge questionnaire related to circumcision, and data on anxiety were collected using the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Results: The research results show that the majority of respondents had a college education (70%), the highest level of knowledge related to circumcision was categorized as good (66.7%), and the most common level of anxiety was mild anxiety (46.8%). Conclusions: It can be concluded that parents whose children under went the super ring circumcision procedure at Avamed Clinic Semarang mostly have a good level of knowledge and mild anxiety.
Language: English
Topic: Genital Health and Disease
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7204642060