Al-Ozairi E, et al. - Using a multivariable regression with adjusting for potential confounders, researchers studied the impact of fasting during Ramadan on depression and diabetes. Data were collected from 463 participants at three time points. In order to measure depression, a paired t-test was used to examine the difference between PHQ-9 score and PAID score difference before and after Ramadan. Before and after Ramadan, the difference in PHQ-9 score was -3.5 points and the difference in PAID score was -5.02 points. PHQ-9 score decreased by 0.09 after Ramadan for each one-year increase in the diagnosis of diabetes. Compared with males, female participants had a 1.17 greater points decline in PHQ-9 score. Overall, the authors concluded that improving depression in diabetics patients is crucial for controlling complications of blood glucose and metabolic disorder in people with diabetes. They suggested that people with diabetes who have depression can improve their depression by increasing self-discipline, self-control, and disease management.