Fatigue and health-related quality of life during the day of Ramadan fasting in Germany

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00017640

Enrollment

Registered

2020-07-08

Start date

2017-05-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Z00

Interventions

Group 1: Fasting group: one month fasting during Ramadan

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All participants are healthy (particularly free from pain and psychiatric disorders). Most of them are students of Hannover Medical School. They are older than 18 years old and planning to fast the whole month of Ramadan. All participants should understand English or German language. Participants were excluded if they break the fast for more than 7 days. All participants participate in this study after signing informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Unhealthy subjects

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Fatigue (measured by fatigue severity scale). It is a self-reported questionnaire, therefore all participants do it by themselves. The measurement is done in the morning (08:00-10:00), afternoon (13:00-15:00) and evening (19:00-20:00) time of: - one week before Ramadan (T1) - mid of Ramadan (T2) - last days of Ramadan (T3) - one week after Ramadan (T4) - one month after Ramadan (T5) In the morning of T1 to T5, it was done at study center (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School). For the afternoon and evening time, it was done at participants' place (e.g. university, home).	—

Measure

Time frame

Fatigue (measured by fatigue severity scale). It is a self-reported questionnaire, therefore all participants do it by themselves. The measurement is done in the morning (08:00-10:00), afternoon (13:00-15:00) and evening (19:00-20:00) time of: - one week before Ramadan (T1) - mid of Ramadan (T2) - last days of Ramadan (T3) - one week after Ramadan (T4) - one month after Ramadan (T5) In the morning of T1 to T5, it was done at study center (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School). For the afternoon and evening time, it was done at participants' place (e.g. university, home).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
• Body composition (InBody 230; Model MW160, Korea) • Pain intensity will be measured with Visual Analogue Scale • Health related Quality of life will be measured by the generic SF-12 • Depression score will be measured with: Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) II and Hospital and Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS-D) • Fatigue (Visual Analogue Scale) • Sleep problem Scale Scores (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) • Cortisol level will be measured by ELISA method • Serum samples will be prepared that are collected from peripheral blood and stored at Biobank until analysis	—

Measure

Time frame

• Body composition (InBody 230; Model MW160, Korea) • Pain intensity will be measured with Visual Analogue Scale • Health related Quality of life will be measured by the generic SF-12 • Depression score will be measured with: Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) II and Hospital and Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS-D) • Fatigue (Visual Analogue Scale) • Sleep problem Scale Scores (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) • Cortisol level will be measured by ELISA method • Serum samples will be prepared that are collected from peripheral blood and stored at Biobank until analysis

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBoya Nugraha

Dept. Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School

nugraha.boya@mh-hannover.de+49 511 532 9197

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026