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Table 2 Participants' BSI and SDIR scores

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

  1. Wilcokson signed rank test was performed for the analysis of variables. BSI brief symptom ınventory, *Indicates significance, p < 0.050