Efficacy of Dry Cupping versus Counselling with Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Approach on Fertility Quality of Life and Conception Success in Infertile Women due to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.
Fahimeh Baghbani, Katayoun Alidousti, Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi and 4 others
PMID 38328008WHAT IT FOUND
In 19 women with PCOS infertility, mindfulness-based counselling produced higher fertility quality-of-life scores than dry cupping.
One woman in each group had a positive pregnancy test, so conception success did not differ.
Key findings
01Total fertility QoL scores were higher in the counselling group than in the dry-cupping group after intervention (P=0.091 crude; P=0.030 adjusted).
02Core FertiQoL scores were higher in the counselling group than in the cupping group (P=0.058 crude; P=0.012 adjusted).
03One participant in each group had a positive pregnancy test, and this difference was not statistically significant.
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What it does not show
The study analysed only 19 women, so the 0 to 100 FertiQoL differences may not be stable. The authors used a significance threshold of P≤0.1 because the study was a pilot. Participants and researchers knew which treatment was given; only the outcome assessor and statistician were blinded. Only one woman in each group had a positive pregnancy test, so conception results cannot be interpreted. Counselling was delivered virtually, and the authors note that face-to-face counselling may be more effective.
Declared interests
The supplied text does not report a conflict-of-interest declaration. The article was extracted from a thesis supported by Kerman University of Medical Sciences.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that dry cupping improves fertility or that mindfulness counselling increases pregnancy rates. The trial had 19 women, used a P≤0.1 significance threshold, and pregnancy tests were positive in only one participant in each group. The quality-of-life result compared two active treatments. It does not show that either treatment works.