PENGARUH DURASI TIDUR TERHADAP JUMLAH DAN JENIS LEUKOSIT PADA MAHASISWA TEKNOLOGI LABORATORIUM MEDIS (TLM) POLITEKNIK ‘AISYIYAH PONTIANAK

Sleep is a condition where physical and mental recovery mechanisms take place that have a role in achieving optimal health. Lack of sufficient sleep during a certain period of time for a person is the definition of sleep duration. Sleep duration can affect the body's immune system which can interfere with the composition of human blood. This study aims to determine the effect of sleep duration on the number of leukocytes and types of leukocytes. In this study, it is observational analysis with a cross sectional research design. The sampling technique uses non-probability purposive sampling with a sample of 20 people having enough sleep duration and 44 people having less sleep duration. The study was obtained using the Mann-Whitney test on the effect of sleep duration on the number and type of leukocytes with a significance value of 0.05 obtained the number of leukocytes P=0.548, lym type P=0.766, mid type P=0.385, grand type P=0.936, there was no effect of sleep duration on the number and type of leukocytes.