Hubungan karakteristik pasien diabetes melitus dengan kejadian xerostomia di RSUP Sanglah Denpasar

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus patients usually experience various complicated healthiness problems in their oral cavity such as inflammation (infection) as in gingivitis, periodontitis, and some problems in their salivary flow secretion in the form of xerostomia, where the saliva flow will be decreased to equals or less than 0.15ml/minute, as the patients complain about having a hard time to chew, swallow, talk, problem in the sense of taste and pain in the tongue. The purpose of this research is to reveal the relation of characteristic of diabetes mellitus patients with xerostomia syndrome in Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar. Method: Simple random sampling was conducted on 45 patients of diabetes mellitus who get treatment in Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar and the analysis of data was using chi-square. This research shows that diabetes mellitus patients with age within 51-60 years old group have higher risk (OR=0.110; 95% CI= 0.028-0.434; p= 0.001) to experience xerostomia than age within 40-60 years old group, female group expose more risk (OR= 0.100; 95% CI= 0.025-0.408; p=0.001) to experience xerostomia than male group; patients who suffer diabetes mellitus for more than 8 years (OR= 0.100; 95% CI= 0.025-0.408; p=0.001) expose more risk than patients who suffer diabetes mellitus for less than 8 years, patients with fasting blood sugar level more than 126mg/dl group have higher risk (OR= 0.168; 95% CI= 0.043-0.654; p=0.007) to experience xerostomia than patients with fasting blood sugar level less than 126mg/dl group. Conclusion: There is significant corelation among age, gender, period of suffering, and fasting blood sugar level with xerostomia.