Hubungan Tahajud dengan Perilaku Merokok pada Mahasiswa

Abstract: Marker of stress in human could  be seen by increased level of cortisol in the blood. The higher level of stress, the higher cortisol level in the blood. Smoking would accelerate the release of endorphin in the central nervous system which causes a sense of happy and  then stress trigger will be reduced. According to Sholeh in 2001, tahajud could  reduce the level of cortisol in the human body. This study was done to understand the relationship between tahajud and smoking among students in Medical Faculty of Islamic Indonesian University (FK UII). This was a non experimental cross sectional study. The sample in this study were students of FK UII in academic semester year 2010/2011. Sampling was conducted by cluster random sampling technique and sample size were 100 students. The p value was obtained significant(p<0,01) that tahajud has a relationship with smoking behavior between female respondens, while in male repondens were not. The conclusion showed that there is a relationship between tahajud and smoking in female student.

Penulis: Jiva Yori Anugrah, Nur Aisyah Jamil, Pariawan Lutfi Ghazali