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Background: Literature shows that the consumption of Dietary Supplements (DS) is more common in Iran. This study aimed to explore the experiences of a sample of Iranian women regarding the factors influencing the use of DS.Methods: This qualitative content analysis study was conducted in Qods city, Tehran province, Iran from January to March 2020. Forty-two semi-structured in-depth interviews were performed with women. The participants were asked about their experiences about the determinants of the consumption of DS. After the first round of the interviews was done, we performed content analysis of the data and continued up to data saturation.Results: Two main themes including personal factors (with 5 subthemes including sociodemographic characteristics, perceived benefits of DS, history of illness, physiological conditions, and lifestyle factors) and socio-economic factors (with 3 subthemes including subjective norms, the price of food and commercial considerations of the sectors involved in the production and sale of DS) emerged as the experiences of the participants as to the intake of DS.Conclusions: These variables may suggest areas which need to be focused on for performing more effective interventions to affect appropriate consumption of DS in Iran.

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Background: Hypertension is a major risk factor in heart failure, arterial aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, chronic kidney disease, stroke and myocardial infarction. Methods: This study was an experimental study. From patients with hypertension presenting to karaj Health Center, 90 patients were selected according to the eligibility criteria and were assigned randomly to two groups, the intervention group (45 patients) and the control group (45 patients). The data were collected through questionnaires. Educational intervention based on self-management theory was designed in 5A method and implemented in the intervention group. The data was collected in three times including before the intervention, 1 month after the intervention and 3 months after the educational intervention. data were analyzed using SPSS software and statistical methods number, percentage, mean, standard deviation and repeated measure test. Results: The results showed that the mean score of various domains of life quality (physical domain¸ psychological domain, social domain, environmental domain) and total score of life quality in the intervention group increased significantly compared to the control group after the educational intervention. Conclusion The results of the study showed that using self-management program is effective in improving the life quality of hypertensive patients.