Publications by authors named "Abdullah Al Mudaiheem"
Background: One of the licensing requirements for cupping providers in Saudi Arabia is to attend a compulsory training course that lasts 5 days for non-physicians and 4 days for physicians, irrespective of any previous experience in cupping therapy. The course is conducted by the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM/MOH). As a part of course auditing, the current study aimed to evaluate knowledge retention among licensed cupping providers 1-3 years after passing the official cupping course.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of wet cupping therapy as a single treatment for persistent nonspecific low back pain (PNSLBP).
Design: Randomized controlled trial comparing wet cupping versus no treatment in PNSLBP.
Setting: Outpatient clinic in three secondary care hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
Ozone therapy in postgraduate theses in Egypt: systematic review.
J Egypt Public Health Assoc
August 2013
Background: Systematic reviews of the studies published in the major medical data bases have not shown solid support for the use of ozone therapy. Unpublished or grey literature, including postgraduate theses, may solve this controversy.
Objectives: To review the postgraduate theses published in Egypt in order to assess the clinical safety and effectiveness of ozone therapy in specific medical conditions.
Background And Objectives: The current picture of the Saudis' use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has not yet been developed. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of using the international questionnaire to measure use of complementary and alternative medicine (I-CAM-Q) in Saudi Arabia to evaluate the use of and out-of-pocket spending on CAM.
Design And Settings: It was a cross-sectional study, conducted in 2011, in primary health care centers in Qassim.