Describe the Health Status in Sports Sets and Facilities of Tehran Municipality

Compliance of health issues in sport places is one of vital cases to its survival. This study aims to present the health status in sport sets and facilities of the city Tehran. The research fieldwork and data collection method are conducted according to cross-sectional method of survey. Population also includes all sport places, totally 81 ones in 22 districts, under the supervision of Sport Organization of Municipality of Tehran. The statistical samples, collected from 42 sport sets, taken after distributing check-lists and conducting interviews with the sport place managers, are considered as total. To collect the required data, the researcher has designed a checklist containing 41 items to assess the health status based on Likert continuum (Likert scale of 5 choices).The obtained information was analyzed by SPSS-16 statistical software and descriptive statistics and Friedman non parametric test. Among the hygiene variables, the location and installation of health signs in sport spaces enjoy a better status than those of other variables. Furthermore, sport sets located in districts 21, 18, 16, 3 and 1 are of a higher standard compared to the other districts, and sport sets in district 20 were under the worst conditions. Consequently, the results illustrate the health status of sport places under the supervision of Sport Organization of Municipality of Tehran compared to the health standards was only moderate.