Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Sleeping and Quality of Life

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05359302

Enrollment

500

Registered

2022-05-03

Start date

2022-03-15

Completion date

2023-07-31

Last updated

2025-01-15

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Conditions

Fasting, Quality of Life, Sleep Disorder

Keywords

Ramadan Fasting, SF-36 score, sleeping score

Brief summary

Include participants who intend to practice Ramadan fasting and accept to complete the three part of the study .

Detailed description

All volunteers and stable patients that intend to fast ramadan. Each participant is examined during three separate visits. The week before Ramadan (Pre-R). the last week of Ramadan (R). the last week of the month following Ramadan (Post-R). Participants that miss one appointement or more are exluded from the study. Patient recrutement is conducted in primary care centers of the state of Monastir, out-patients clinic (Cardiology, Endocrinology) at the emergency department of Fattouma Bourguiba university hospital after a clarified written consent. All patients benifit of a routine examen and evaluation of the quality of life by Short Form 36 (SF36) test and sleeping by Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PQSI) score .

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patient intending to fast Ramadan.

Exclusion criteria

* Age \< 18 years old * Hemodynamic instability. * Myocardial infarction requiring urgent revascularization. * Parkinsonism: tremor problem. * Refusal, communication problem.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
the change in sleeping quality	the day of inclusion , 10 last day of Ramadan , 1 month after Ramadan	the score of sleeping is calculated for each participant in the day of inclusion , then it is recalculated in the two others visits.
the change in the quality of life score	the day of inclusion , 10 last day of Ramadan , 1 month after Ramadan	the score of quality of life is calculated for each participant in the day of inclusion , then it is recalculated in the two others visits.

Countries

Tunisia

Outcome results