Peer review Prosiding - The Relationship between Stress Level and Insomnia in 8th Semester Students at Faculty of Public Health of Ahmad Dahlan University Yogyakarta

Stress is a body response emerging as a reaction to external demand that is considered dangerous or threatening. Sleep is a human basic need that must be fulfilled. Lack of sleep may lead to poor well-being. High level of academic stress can lead to poor quality of sleep resulting in insomnia. Insomnia may affect students' academic achievement index. Furthermore, severe stress can cause a person to behave negatively. This study examined the relationship between stress level and insomnia in university students. The research used correlative descriptive method with cross-sectional approach. The population of the study was 227 8th semester students. The sample selection technique was simple random sampling with a total of 162 students. The data collection instruments were questionnaire and data analysis by using Chi Square correlation test. The statistical test showed that there is a significant correlation between stress level and insomnia in 8th semester students with p= 0,001. Thus it can be concluded that there is a relationship between stress level and insomnia in 8th semester students at Faculty of Public Health of Ahmad Dahlan University Yogyakarta