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Effects of Fasting in the Bahá'í Faith

NCT03443739 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 145

Last updated 2022-12-14

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Summary

The aim of the study is to find out the effects a specific religious fast (i.e. Bahá'í fast) has on certain metabolic parameters, hydration, psyche and circadian clock. In a follow-up questionnaire series in 2019 we want to additionally validate a specific questionnaire for Bahai fasting, which was developed in 2018.

Conditions

  • Health Behavior
  • Healthy

Interventions

OTHER

Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent Fasting with abstinence from food and drink daily from sunrise to sunset for nineteen consecutive days in March 2018

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universität Münster

    collaborator OTHER

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Michalsen, Prof. Dr. · Charité University Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
69 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-19
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2019-07-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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