From: The effect of Ramadan fasting on mental health and some hormonal levels in healthy males
Before Ramadan | After Ramadan | p | |
---|---|---|---|
Median (min–max) | |||
Somatization | 1.00 (0.00–18.00) | 2.00 (0.00–14.00) | 0.699 |
Obsession-compulsion | 3.00 (0.00–22.00) | 3.50 (0.00–17.00) | 0.528 |
Interpersonal sensitivity | 1.00 (0.00–12.00) | 0.50 (0.00–12.00) | < 0.001* |
Depression | 2.00 (0.00–14.00) | 1.00 (0.00–17.00) | 0.110 |
Anxiety | 1.00 (0.00–13.00) | 1.00 (0.00–15.00) | 0.071 |
Hostility | 1.00 (0.00–15.00) | 1.00 (0.00–14.00) | 0.714 |
Phobic anxiety | 1.00 (0.00–14.00) | 0.00 (0.00–6.00) | 0.020* |
Paranoid ideation | 3.00 (0.00–15.00) | 2.00 (0.00–15.00) | 0.103 |
Psychoticism | 1.00 (0.00–12.00) | 1.00 (0.00–13.00) | 0.543 |
BSI total | 17.00 (1.00–125) | 16.00 (2.00–128.00) | 0.087 |
General severity index | 0.29 (0.02–2.19) | 0.26 (0.04–2.19) | 0.042* |
Positive symptom total | 13.50 (1.00–51.00) | 12.00 (2.00–50.00) | 0.189 |
Positive symptom distress index | 1.33 (0.67–2.73) | 1.14 (0.67–2.32) | 0.006* |
Approval dependence | 35.50 (28.00–56.00) | 37.00 (21.00–58.00) | 0.441 |
Empathy | 34.00 (21.00–45.00) | 34.00 (20.00–45.00) | 0.881 |
Trusting others | 39.50 (18.00–63.00) | 41.50 (21.00–53.00) | 0.821 |
Emotional awareness | 32.00 (13.00–55.00) | 32.00 (16.00–53.00) | 0.467 |