Department of Family Medicine, Sultanbeyli Manolya Family Health Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Family Medicine, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Hamidiye Medical Faculty, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Complement Med Res. 2024;31(1):10-19. doi: 10.1159/000534637. Epub 2023 Oct 24.
The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of wet cupping therapy (WCT) in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) as a complementary method in fibromyalgia treatment.
A total of 120 participants between 18 and 65 years who were diagnosed with FMS were included in the study. They were randomized into two groups: 60 patients as the intervention and 60 patients as the control group. Each participant in the intervention group received 3 sessions of WCT once a month in addition to their ongoing treatment whereas the control group received only routine medical treatment. The evaluation was conducted in both groups based on the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ), visual analog scale (VAS), and quality of life scale (QoL) parameters initially (at 0th week) and 1 week after the WCT sessions (at the 10th week). For the comparison of quantitative variables showing a normal distribution between the two groups, the Student's t test was used, while the Mann-Whitney U test was employed for variables not showing a normal distribution. The χ2 test and Continuity (Yates) Correction were used for the comparison of qualitative data. The significance level was set at p < 0.05.
The study included 107 female and 13 male participants, with a mean age of 45.79 ± 8.49 years. When comparing the pretreatment FIQ, VAS, and QoL scores with the scores obtained after three sessions of WCT, it was observed that in the WCT group, the FIQ and VAS values significantly decreased compared to the control group while the QoL significantly increased compared to the control group (p < 0.001 in all).
The findings obtained from this study indicate that WCT can be an effective treatment option for patients with FMS.
本研究旨在探讨湿拔罐疗法(WCT)在纤维肌痛综合征(FMS)患者中的疗效,作为纤维痛治疗的一种补充方法。
共纳入 120 名年龄在 18 至 65 岁之间、被诊断为纤维肌痛综合征的参与者。他们被随机分为两组:60 名患者为干预组,60 名患者为对照组。干预组的每位患者除了正在接受的治疗外,还每月接受 3 次 WCT,而对照组仅接受常规医疗治疗。在第 0 周(基线)和第 10 周(WCT 治疗后 1 周),分别基于纤维肌痛影响问卷(FIQ)、视觉模拟量表(VAS)和生活质量量表(QoL)参数对两组进行评估。对于两组之间呈正态分布的定量变量,采用学生 t 检验,对于呈非正态分布的变量,采用曼-惠特尼 U 检验。对于定性数据,采用卡方检验和连续性(Yates)校正。显著性水平设定为 p < 0.05。
研究包括 107 名女性和 13 名男性参与者,平均年龄为 45.79 ± 8.49 岁。在比较 WCT 治疗前的 FIQ、VAS 和 QoL 评分与治疗后 3 次 WCT 评分时,观察到 WCT 组的 FIQ 和 VAS 值与对照组相比显著降低,而 QoL 值与对照组相比显著升高(所有 p < 0.001)。
本研究结果表明,WCT 可作为纤维肌痛综合征患者的有效治疗选择。