Nutritional, Sleep, and Quality-of-Life Changes During Ramadan Fasting, 282 Participants

282 healthy adults were tracked before, during, and after Ramadan to assess fasting's impact. Body weight, daytime sleepiness, physical activity, dietary intake, and quality of life were measured across four time points. The dataset, published under CC-BY-4.0 by Eftal Geçgil Demir, shows significant changes in energy intake and role functioning between fasting and non-fasting groups.

Use Cases

• Modeling changes in total energy and macronutrient intake based on fasting status and time period
• Analyzing correlations between daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) and physical activity levels during Ramadan
• Comparing quality-of-life scores (SF-36) across physical and emotional role functioning domains between groups
• Studying longitudinal patterns in body weight before, during, and after the fasting month

Strengths

• Prospective longitudinal design with data collected at four specific phases relative to Ramadan
• Comparative study of 282 participants divided into fasting and non-fasting control groups
• Measures multiple dimensions: dietary intake, sleep, physical activity, body weight, and quality of life (SF-36)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Geographic and demographic details of the 282 participants are not specified

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Prospective longitudinal comparative study with assessments at four time points

Time Range

Data collected one week before, in the middle, at the end, and two weeks after Ramadan

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 05:30:41; freshness should be verified

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