A prospective evaluation of attitudes, behaviors, and clinical outcomes among Jordanian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes who fasted during Ramadan: a comparison of the 2021 and 2026 IDF-DAR risk scores
Authors' conclusion
With structured pre-Ramadan education, most participants were able to fast safely for the majority of Ramadan regardless of their assigned risk category. Suhoor at a later time was associated with more completed fasting days.
Study context
- Population
- Children and adolescents with T1D who fasted during Ramadan 2025 after a pre-Ramadan structured educational program, Jordan University Hospital; 65.2% female, median age 14.0 (IQR 12.4–16.0) years
- Participants
- 46 children
- Outcome
- Ability to fast (number of completed fasting days) and its correlation with IDF-DAR risk stratification scores
- Follow-up
- Ramadan 2025
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Days fully fasted
Median days fully fasted (IQR 17.0-29.0)
23.5
Non-fasting days due to diabetes-related causes, of 1380 fasting days
136
Non-fasting days due to non-diabetes-related causes
203
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
A prospective evaluation of attitudes, behaviors, and clinical outcomes among Jordanian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes who fasted during Ramadan: a comparison of the 2021 and 2026 IDF-DAR risk scores. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 3 April 2026. doi:10.
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