DOI: DOI: 10.36347/gamj.2024.v05i01.001

Pages: 1-6

Background: Stress occurs when an organism's internal regulating balance (or homeostasis) is disrupted by external environmental stressors. The HPA axis and the sympathetic-adrenal-mefahhdullary (SAM) system mediate the stress response in clinical circumstances. The adrenal cortex produces cortisol when the HPA axis is activated. It organizes the body's responses to stress by modifying metabolism, immune responses, and inflammation such that the body expends the least amount of energy feasible. Cortisol is a hormone found in saliva, urine, sweat, and hair. It is proportional to blood cortisol and can be used to determine HPA axis activity. Aims: To determine the relationship between stress and cortisol levels among presenters by the difference in levels scored in pre and post presentation. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to achieve the aims of the study that has been conducted to identify the relationship between stress and cortisol levels for the presenters between 10th. Jan, 2022 and Jan, 20th. Mar, 2022. The study has been conducted by selecting a typical form of the non-probability (Purposive) sample. The size of the sample comprises 70 participants who are included in the study. Results: The relationship between stress and cortisol (r = 0.279, P-value = 0.01] was significantly positively correlated. The Cortisol levels were higher following the presentation [37.13±25.1] than they were prior [19.9±13.3], as shown. P-values for the paired t-test were less than 0.0001 for this finding. Conclusion: It was concluded Post-presentation stress was higher than pre-presentation stress. The pre and post-presentation cortisol levels were higher.