Volume 26, Issue 130, December 2022

Prevalent practice and attitude toward Wet Cupping Therapy

Ali A Bu-Khamseen^1♦, Alya A Bu-Khamsin², Abdullah A Alnaim², Zahra E Alabbad³, Hussain A Alturaifi⁴, Fatimah A Alkhawajah⁵, Wedad M Alabbad², Fatimah M Alhashem Alsayed², Mohammed A Alnajjad⁶, Haidar Alabdrabulridha⁷, Hassan K AlBohassan⁷, Sadiq Bassam Busaleh⁸, Mohammed Ali Alsalman⁹, Ryhana Mohammed Aljumaiah², Hussain S Alsultan¹⁰

¹Family medicine department, Ahsa health cluster, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
²Family medicine department, King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
³Cardiology department, Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre Hospital, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
⁴Emergency department, Aljafer General Hospital, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
⁵Doctor of pharmacy, King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
⁶Mansoura University, Mansoura Manchester Medical Program, Saudi Arabia
⁷Preventive medicine public health department, Ahsa health cluster, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
⁸Family medicine department, Dar Aluloom University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁹Internal medicine department, Prince Saud Bin Jalawy Hospital, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
¹⁰Food and Nutrition department, Prince Saud Bin Jalawy Hospital, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Family medicine department, Ahsa health cluster, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Hijama (wet cupping) is a traditional technique that improves blood circulation. However, the results of this procedure are still debatable. As a result, the purpose of this research is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of persons who underwent cupping at the Qabasat Alkhair facility in the Al Ahsa area. Methods: A 400-person cross sectional research was conducted. All participants were chosen from the Qabasat Alkhair facility and received cupping treatment between 2021 and 2022. Results: Cupping was performed on 263 (65.8%) of the individuals for therapeutic objectives, whereas 137 (34.3%) were done for preventative ones. Before cupping, 102 (25.5%) of the participants received medical advice. 371 (92.8%) of research participants said they would recommend cupping to others and 377 (94.3%) said they plan to practice it in the future. Conclusion: Patients found traditional wet cupping therapy in a primary care setting to be safe and acceptable. The current study's findings imply that wet cupping has a therapeutic advantage. Participants report no adverse effects after therapy.

Keywords: Wet cupping, awareness, risk factors, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms507e2577

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i130/ms507e2577

Published: 02 December 2022