Publications by authors named "Fatemeh Sadat Izadi-Avanji"

Background: Falling is a significant challenge in old age, often leading to isolation, self-imposed limitation, reduced movement, and muscle strength. This study aimed to explore the fear of falling and its related factors in older adults following a fall in Kashan, Iran.

Methods: This cross-sectional study followed 200 older adults who visited medical centers in Kashan from July 2023 to May 2024.

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Background And Purpose: Nearly 95% of women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer experience some degree of radiodermatitis. Radiation therapy's most frequent side effect is skin damage. Managing radiation-induced skin reactions while maintaining treatment continuity is a challenging issue.

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Background: The aesthetics of everyday life improves physical and mental health and social communication. This study aims to develop and test a novel instrument that assesses the aesthetics of the everyday life of older adults.

Methods: A mixed-methods study with a sequential exploratory approach was conducted from November 2021 to December 2022.

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Background: Aesthetics of everyday life are associated with the physical, mental, and social health of older adults, leading them to experience a successful old age. This study aimed to examine the aesthetics of everyday life and its related factors among older adults in Kashan from 2021 to 2022.

Methods: This cross-sectional study consisted of 350 older adults who were referred to Urban Comprehensive Health Service Centers (UCHSC) in Kashan.

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Background: Menopause has adverse physical and emotional effects on the quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of self-care education based on self-efficacy theory, individual empowerment model, and their integration on the quality of life among menopausal women.

Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 186 menopausal women, aged 45-60 years at Kashan health centers entered the study using cluster sampling for health centers and simple random sampling inside each center from the list of the population from December 2019 to March 2020.

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Chronic kidney disease is a serious problem and patients need active self-care. This study focuses on the relationship between self-care and its predictive factors in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This multicenter correlational study was conducted on 201 HD patients referring to HD centers in the west of Tehran, Iran.

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Background: Resilience is a key factor in improving health and attenuating problems caused by chronic diseases in the elderly. Having a clear understanding of its meaning in a specific population can be of great help in taking efficient steps toward better health services. Given the lack of information in this regard, the aim of this study was to understand the meaning of resilience for hospitalized older people who experience chronic conditions.

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