Results
hypertension
HYPERTENSION
The mean age of patients was 52.20 ± 15.55 years. The homogeneity of variables such as sex, education status, job, and marital status was assessed using the Chi-square test, which involved dividing the different levels of variables into two intervention and control groups. We used the Fisher’s exact test when more than 20% of the cells in the cross-tabulation had expected counts less than 5. The mean ± SD systolic and diastolic blood pressure were 149.13 ± 11.3 and 94.8 ± 12.4 mm Hg in the intervention group, respectively and 148.9 ± 16.3 and 94.8 ± 12.4 and 95.6 ± 7.4 mm Hg in the control group. The mean duration of hypertension was 6.63 ± 4.09 years, and the mean of BMI of the patients was 26.54 ± 3.84 kg/m
The characteristic of patient’s demographic and clinical variables of 118 patientsa:mmHg, b:year*Chi-square test** Fisher’s exact test***independent sample The mean score of health literacy in the domain of reading was 25.17 ± 3.30 in the intervention group and 24.40 ± 6.60 in the control group before the intervention and changed to 26.89 ± 1.68 in the intervention group and 24.45 ± 6.57 in the control group after the intervention. Based on the results of the independent Before the intervention, the mean score of health literacy in the field of comprehension was 3.32 ± 1.99 in the intervention group and 3.25 ± 2.02in the control group, which reached to 5.1 ± 0.99 in the intervention group and 3.28 ± 2.03 in the control group after the intervention. The results of the independent The mean scores of health literacy in the domain of decision-making and use of health information was 4.48 ± 2.0 in the intervention group and 5.49 ± 1.63 in the control group before the intervention and after the intervention, increased to 6.56 ± 0.79in the intervention group and 5.52 ± 1.65 in the control group. The results of the independent sample Before the intervention, the mean score of medication adherence was 7.90 ± 1.82 and 8.19 ± 1.93 in the intervention and control groups (The mean score of systolic blood pressure was 149.83 ± 17.46 in the intervention group and 146.31 ± 9.47 in the control group before the intervention and after the intervention, this rate changed to 148.98 ± 16.47 and 146.31 ± 9.47 in the intervention and control groups, respectively. The results of the independent sample Furthermore, the mean score of diastolic blood pressure was 107.80 ± 99.11 in the intervention group and 95.57 ± 7.48 in the control group before the intervention. After the intervention, this value changed to 107.80 ± 99.06 in the intervention group and 95.57 ± 7.48 in the intervention group. The results of the independent paired-test illustrated no statistically significantly difference in mean score of diastolic blood pressure within either intervention (
The comparison of the mean and standard deviation of the investigated variables before and after the intervention



* Independent sample ** Paired 