Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Sleeping and Quality of Life

University of Monastir

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life; Sleep Disorder; Fasting

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05359302

Sleeping and quality of life

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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 .

Enrollment: 500 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.