NURSING PROGRAM

STIKes DELI HUSADA DELITUA

Skripsi, July 2016
Anindya
NPM : 12.11.007

Effect of Low Sugar Chewing Gum Toward Increased Secretion of Saliva

in Patients Undergoing Therapy of Hemodialysis at Deli Serdang
Hospital Lubuk Pakam in 2016

ABSTRACT

Hemodialysis therapy refers to appropriate action to replace the kidneys work to be

done despite the fluid restriction intake result in most patients who complain the dry
mouth. One way to treat dry mouth is low sugar chewing gum to stimulate salivary
secretion. This research was conducted to see the effect of low sugar chewing gum
to increase the saliva secretion in patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy at Deli
Serdang Hospital Lubuk Pakam in 2016. This research was Pre-Eksperimental
design with One Group Pre Test-Post Test Design by a sampling technique that is
Quota Sampling. The sample of this research amounted to 59 peoples and it used
univariate and bivariate analysis. The research showed that average of saliva before
chewing gum (post test) were 0,46 mL/min and the average of saliva after chewing
gum (post test) were 2,29 mL/min. And from the bivariate result the valus p = 0,000
< = 0,005, it can concluded that there were significant of low sugar chewing gum to
increase saliva secretion in patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy at Deli Serdang
Hospital Lubuk Pakam in 2016. It is expected to hemodialysis room attendant to be
able to apply this result to prepare the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
management intervention thrist with low sugar chewing gum in patients with chronic
renal failure undegoing hemodialysis therapy.

Key words : Chewing Gum Low Sugar, Increased Secretion of Saliva