The treatment method of diseases among people at the Saudi society Field study on a sample of students from Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University

Abstract

The current study investigated disease treatment methods among Saudi youth. It aimed to answer a general question: "What are the common treatment methods of diseases among youth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?" The study adopted the sample social survey approach and the questionnaire tool. The field study was applied to a sample of youth from the College of Social Sciences at Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University. The sample consisted of (338 Male & Female Students). The findings of the study revealed turning to modern medical treatment is the most common method among youth in the study sample, followed by turning to traditional medicine or "Ruqīyah". It also concluded that public hospitals are the basic direction for receiving modern medical treatment, and herbal, proven and inherited folk recipes, Ruqīyah and cupping are among the most prominent methods chosen by those who resort to folk medicine.