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Ramadan fasting in people with type 1 diabetes during COVID-19 pandemic: The DaR Global survey

Hassanein M 1 , Alamoudi RM 2 , Kallash MA 3 , Aljohani NJ 4 , Alfadhli EM 5 , Tony LE 6 Show all authors , Khogeer GS 7 , Alfadhly AF 8 , Khater AE 9 , Ahmedani MY 10 , Buyukbese MA 11 , Shaltout I 12 , Belkhadir J 13 , Hafidh K 14 , Chowdhury TA 15 , Hussein Z 16 , Elbarbary NS 17

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: mhassanein148@hotmail.com
  • 2 Department of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 3 King Fahad Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 4 Department of Obesity, Endocrine and Metabolic Center, King Abdulaziz bin Saud University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
  • 5 Department of Medicine, Medical College, Taibah University Madinah, Saudi Arabia
  • 6 Department of Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, Assiut University, Egypt
  • 7 King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 8 Department of Family Medicine, Prince Mansour Military Hospital, Taif City, Saudi Arabia
  • 9 Studies & Research & Data analysis Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • 10 Department of Medicine, Baqai Institute of Diabetology & Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 11 Department of Internal Medicine, Medistate Kavacik Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 12 Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetes, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  • 13 Moroccan League for the Fight Against Diabetes, IDF Middle East and North Africa, Morocco
  • 14 Diabetes Unit, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • 15 Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom
  • 16 Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Putrajaya, Putrajaya, Malaysia
  • 17 Department of Pediatrics, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 2021 Feb;172:108626.
PMID: 33321160 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108626

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The DaR Global survey was conducted to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the intentions to fast and the outcomes of fasting in <18 years versus ≥18 years age groups with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

METHODS: Muslim people with T1DM were surveyed in 13 countries between June and August 2020, shortly after the end of Ramadan (23rd April-23rd May 2020) using a simple questionnaire.

RESULTS: 71.1% of muslims with T1DM fasted during Ramadan. Concerns about COVID-19 were higher in individuals ≥18 years (p = 0.002). The number of participants who decided not to fast plus those who received Ramadan-focused education were significantly higher in the ≥18-year group (p 

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