IRCT2015050322060N1 IRCT 2015-05-16 Yousef Abdul-Latif Jameel Chair for Prophetic Medicine Wet cupping improve Quality of Life of Adult Patients Complaining from Chronic Medical Conditions in King Abdulaziz University Effect of cupping on QoL Effect of Wet cupping on Quality of Life of Adult Patients Complaining from Chronic Medical Conditions in King Abdulaziz University 2012-09-01 anticipated 300 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/19118 interventional Randomization: Not randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Single, Purpose: Supportive, Other design features: An intervention study with pre-test, intervention and post- tests were done at the Cupping Clinic, KAUH Pre-test: Upon enrollment, all patients completed a validated, pre-constructed, self-administered, confidential questionnaire. The questionnaire will be used to collect personal and socio-demographic data as well as data about the reason for referral to the Cupping Clinic. They were requested to report the type of pain and other medical conditions. The HRQOL will be assessed using the WHOQOL- BREF before and after cupping. The WHOQOL-BREF contains 26 questions, two of which are general and 24 that assess four domains, namely physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environmental domains. The internal consistency of the WHOQOL- BREF and the four domains of the questionnaire will be assessed and ranged from 0.66 – 0.925. The content validity, construct validity, and the reliability of the WHOQOL-BREF are good. 11,12 Intervention: Wet cupping will be performed by an expert certified physicians who regularly performed cupping in the clinical settings. Post-test: Patients completed the same questionnaire one month after cupping. They were also asked about pain improvement after cupping, and if present when the felt the improved pain. Outcome measures: Scoring of the various continuous HRQOL domains will be done according to the WHOQOL-BREF at the baseline and one month after cupping treatment. 4 Chronic medical conditions. Cupping clinic was approved by the Faculty and the University. A clinical trial study (Quasi-experimental study) with pre-test, the intervention by cupping, and post-test was done..