The effect of Ramadan fasting on mental health and some hormonal levels in healthy males

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dc.authoridUnal, Suheyla/0000-0003-3266-6256
dc.authoridUnal, Suheyla/0000-0003-3266-6256
dc.authoridAkan, Mustafa/0000-0002-9252-8341
dc.authorwosidUnal, Suheyla/JVO-8367-2024
dc.authorwosidUnal, Suheyla/HJH-7559-2023
dc.contributor.authorAkan, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorUnal, Suheyla
dc.contributor.authorGonenir Erbay, Lale
dc.contributor.authorTaskapan, Mehmet Cagatay
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:53:24Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:53:24Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackgroundMillions of Muslims around the world fast during the holy month of Ramadan as a requirement of their religion Islam. Studies have reported varying effects of Ramadan fasting on mental health and various hormones. This study aimed to examine the effects of Ramadan fasting on mental health and plasma Leptin, Ghrelin, Neuropeptide Y (NPY), Growth Hormone levels in healthy individuals, and to evaluate the possible relationship between their hormone values and scale scores. Male healthcare professionals working at a university hospital without any psychiatric disease were included in the study. In the last week before Ramadan and in the first week after Ramadan, participants' blood samples were taken at 8.00 in the morning after 12 h of fasting, taking into account the release pattern and pulsatile release of these hormones in order to measure plasma Leptin, Ghrelin, NPY and Growth Hormone levels. Simultaneously, a sociodemographic data form, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the Scale of Dimensions of Interpersonal Relationships were applied to participants.ResultsThe sample of the study included a total of 40 healthcare professionals. Participants' BSI interpersonal sensitivity and phobic anxiety subscales scores and their general severity and positive symptom distress index scores decreased significantly after Ramadan compared to those measured before Ramadan. (p < 0.001, p = 0.020, p = 0.042, p = 0.006 respectively). Also participants' ghrelin levels increased significantly after Ramadan compared to those measured before Ramadan (p < 0.001).ConclusionsThe effects of Ramadan fasting on mental health may be mediated by some psychoneuroendocrine mechanisms. In order to elucidate these mechanisms that mediate the effect of Ramadan fasting on mental health, there is a need for better-structured studies with larger samples and more variables.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s41983-023-00623-9
dc.identifier.issn1687-8329
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85147595614en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-023-00623-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/101162
dc.identifier.volume59en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000925096800003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofEgyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgeryen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectFastingen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectInterpersonal sensitivityen_US
dc.subjectGhrelinen_US
dc.titleThe effect of Ramadan fasting on mental health and some hormonal levels in healthy malesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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