%0 Journal Article %A Hosseini, R.S. %A Abolfathi Momtaz, Y. %A Mohammadi Shabalaghi, F. %A Soroush, M.R. %A Delbari, A. %T Physical and Mental Health Status and Its Related Demographic Factors in Martyr's Elderly Parents: A Case Study of Tehran City %J Iranian Journal of War and Public Health %V 11 %N 4 %U http://ijwph.ir/article-1-824-en.html %R 10.29252/ijwph.11.4.207 %D 2019 %K Physical Fitness, Mental health, Activity of Daily Living, Well-being, Parents, Elderly, Martyr, %X Aims: Health is one of the fundamental rights of every human as well as it is a social aim and all governments are responsible for people’s health. This study aimed to investigate the physical and mental health and its related demographic factors in martyr's elderly parents. Instruments & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on martyr’s elderly parents in Tehran, Iran in 2018. 600 individuals were selected by stratified random sampling method. Data collection was conducted using a demographic questionnaire, the activities of daily living (ADL) questionnaire and world health organization (five) well-being index (WHO-5). Data were analyzed by SPSS 23 software through independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Tukey’s post-hoc test. Findings: The mean scores obtained for the activities of daily living was 10.07±3.17 and the mean scores obtained for world health organization (five) well-being index was 11.60±5.87. There was a significant relationship between the ability to doing activities of daily living and mental well-being with demographic characteristics including age, gender, marital status, ability to read and write and the number of income sources (p<0.05). Conclusion: Physical and mental health status of martyr's elderly parents in Tehran city is in the low level and it has a relationship with demographic characteristics including age, gender, marital status, ability to read and write and the number of income sources. %> http://ijwph.ir/article-1-824-en.pdf %P 207-214 %& 207 %! %9 Original Research %L A-10-1582-1 %+ Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran %G eng %@ 2008-2622 %[ 2019