DAR-GRACE: Diabetes and Ramadan: glycaemic control, physician counselling and patient practices -experience from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.

Objective: To identify patient practices and knowledge pertaining to Ramadan fasting and to see whether physicians were providing adequate counselling and adjusting medications accordingly.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from June to August 2018, and comprised diabetic patients who fasted during Ramadan. A questionnaire was designed to assess patients' knowledge, risk category, pre-Ramadan counselling, medication adjustment, lifestyle changes, pre- and post- Ramadan glycated haemoglobin levels, and complications during Ramadan.