fa مشارکت اجتماعی سالمندان شهر تهران ● Psychosocial Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <strong>Background: </strong>Creating the best state of social participation is one of the most important goals of rehabilitation for older people. This study has investigated the social participation of older people in Tehran to provide a basis for effective interventions in the treatment of these people.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>This descriptive/analytical cross-sectional study used a non-probability sampling method to target 150 older adults who had referred to local community centers across Tehran. &nbsp;The Assessment of life habits (LIFE-H) was used to examine issues related to social participation. The data were analyzed by implementing the Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman correlation test.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> There was a significant difference between the mean scores of social participation in the age groups (P = 0.016) and place of residence (P = 0.001), but there was no significant difference in different genders (P = 0.097).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results show that creating appropriate conditions and reducing age and gender-related risk factors can lead to an increase in the health of older adults and eventually the health of society as a whole. &nbsp; Older Adults, Social Participation, Daily Living Activities 562 567 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-298-3&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Nasibeh NooriMombeyni نسیبه نوری ممبینی n.noori22@yahoo.com 100319475328460019686 100319475328460019686 No Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. مرکز تحقیقات توانبخشی عضلانی اسکلتی Sara Afshar سارا افشار afsharsara262@yahoo.com 100319475328460019687 100319475328460019687 No Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. مرکز تحقیقات توانبخشی عضلانی اسکلتی Mehdi Rassafiani مهدی رصافیانی mrassafiani@yahoo.com 100319475328460019688 100319475328460019688 No Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. مرکز تحقیقات توانبخشی اعصاب اطفال Robab Sahaf رباب صحاف robabsahaf@yahoo.com 100319475328460019689 100319475328460019689 No Department of Gerontology, Iranian Research on Aging University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. مرکز تحقیقات روانی اجتماعی سالمندان Enayatollah Bakhshi عنایت الله بخشی bakhshi@rasi.tums.ac.ir 100319475328460019690 100319475328460019690 No Department of Biostistics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Gholam Reza Sotoudeh غلامرضا ستوده grsotoudeh@yahoo.com 100319475328460019691 100319475328460019691 No Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sweden and Trauma Research Centre of Tehran University of Medical science, Tehran, Iran. Zahra Mosallanezhad زهرا مصلی نژاد zmosallanezhad@yahoo.com 100319475328460019692 100319475328460019692 Yes Department of Physiotherapy, Tehran University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.