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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 domainp sychological 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.