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

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dc.contributor.authorAkan, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorUnal, Suheyla
dc.contributor.authorGonenir Erbay, Lale
dc.contributor.authorTaskapan, Mehmet Cagatay
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-19T06:38:15Z
dc.date.available2026-06-19T06:38:15Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
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.
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s41983-023-00623-9
dc.identifier.issn1687-8329
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9252-8341
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3266-6256
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85147595614
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-023-00623-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/5464
dc.identifier.volume59
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000925096800003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofEgyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260612
dc.subjectFasting
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectInterpersonal Sensitivity
dc.subjectGhrelin
dc.titleThe effect of Ramadan fasting on mental health and some hormonal levels in healthy males
dc.typeArticle

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