Abstract:

It is known that Ramadan’s fasting causes changes in both physical and mental health. Ramadan is aimed at assessing the effects of Ramadan’s fasting on mental health in young adult health workers. Tools and Methods: Study Inönü University Turgut Özal Research Hospital in young adults (25-45 years old) health workers in 2019 year Ramadan a week before and a week after the participants were carried out by filling in the sociodemographic data form, General Health Survey and Short Symptoms inventory. In the analysis of the data, SPSS 22 statistical package program was used. The value of p<0.05 is considered significant. Results: Our study included 37 (48.1%) men and 40 (52.0%) women with a total of 77 healthy volunteer health staff. The number of respondents with paranoid thoughts (23.4% to 14.3%) and psychotic symptoms (28.6% to 19.5%) has been statistically significantly reduced. The participants observed obsessive compulsive signs after Ramadan and paranoid thinking low scales and global indices in the discomfort severity index and symptoms discomfort index, statistically significant decrease compared to before Ramadan. It was found that the month of Ramadan has a small impact on the paranoid thought and symptoms discomfort index. General Health Survey and Short Symptoms Envanates in men from the lower scales of interpersonal sensitivity, depression, paranoid thought and KSE global scales average scales were significantly lower compared to before Ramadan after Ramadan. Result: While no significant changes in psychiatric symptoms are observed in women after Ramadan, it is recommended that the observation of recovery in some psychiatric symptoms in men be supported by studies that include a broader sample group.

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