en Medical-Surgical Care Medical-Surgical Care پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">Aims:</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"> Hypertension remains a significant global health challenge, ranking among the most prevalent and enduring non-communicable chronic diseases. This study aimed to determine the impact of an educational program using Orem&rsquo;s self-care model on improving the quality of life and health-promoting lifestyle in hypertensive patients in the south of Iran</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">Materials & Methods:</span></span></span></strong> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif">This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 80 adults with hypertension from August 2022 to April 2023. Samples were randomly assigned to either an intervention group, which received the Orem-based educational program, or a control group that received standard care.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">Findings</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">:</span></span></span></strong> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif">The mean age of participants was 44.16&plusmn;4.60 years. Baseline assessments indicated no statistically significant differences between the control and intervention groups in terms of quality of life, lifestyle behaviors, or self-care capacity. However, follow-up evaluations conducted immediately after the intervention, as well as at one-month and three-month intervals, revealed statistically significant improvements across all measured outcomes in the intervention group. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">Conclusion:</span></span></span></strong> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif">The Orem-based self-care educational intervention leads to meaningful short-term improvements in quality of life and health-promoting behaviors among individuals managing hypertension. </span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Hypertension,Quality of Life,Self-Care,Educational Intervention, 137 145 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-365-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 F. Kouhi 10031947532846006203 10031947532846006203 No Student Research Committee, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran M. Bijani 10031947532846006204 10031947532846006204 Yes Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran Zh. Fereidouni 10031947532846006205 10031947532846006205 No Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran A. Dehghan 10031947532846006206 10031947532846006206 No Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center (NCDRC), Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran A. Taghinezhad 10031947532846006207 10031947532846006207 No Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran