Abstract: Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine. There are two types of Cupping Therapy: dry and wet cupping. It has many Physiological effects on the body and it is used to treat many disorders and problems and has some contraindications that should be taken in consideration. The use of cupping therapy is documented in the history of most great cultures and civilization of the past with earliest available record revealing extensive use by the ancient Egyptians , Chinese and middle eastern cultures. The main objective of this study was to explore the characteristics of cupping therapy and the most common condition that’s used for. The specific objectives were to describe the epidemiologic features of members undergoing cupping therapy, to identify affecting factors, conditions treated by this therapy and to Identify if there is the complications arising from cupping therapy. The study has been conducted in Jazan area, using a cross sectional study design. The study targeted (280) person attending cupping therapy sessions, during the study period. Data has been collected through face to face (direct interview) with the targeted people by the use of structured questionnaire. The data were entered and analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS ) . Ethical approval has been obtained from Faculty of Medicine Jazan University and informed consent has been obtained from all people who have treated by cupping. Confidentiality of the data has been considered and maintained in the whole process. The research results found the most group using this therapy are aged from 18-30 years at percentage of 31.4 % , male 33.3% and female 29.9% . Back pain was the main cause of seeking treatment by cupping then arthritis. Also we found that the reason for doing this therapy is thinking that cupping can treat some condition that traditional medicine cannot (36.4%) .We found that people treated by cupping were quite satisfied. The places for doing this therapy are homes (52.1%) . We found that the technique of therapy has little or no infection which equal to all most 2.9% . Also people treated by this way encourage treating the cupping. Finally the study recommends that Ministry of health should monitor and evaluate of cupping centers regarding sterilization, so as a void infections and transmission of disease.
Keywords: Cupping Therapy (CT), alternative medicine.
Title: Epidemiological Study of the Patients Attending Cupping Therapy (CT) Sessions in Jazan Area, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
Author: Amwaj Jabir Mohanna, Azhar Eissa Dallak, Nada Mohammad Hakami, Dr. Mubarack Sani
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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