Objective To explore the influence of stress management on the improvement of quality of life of middle-aged patients with hypertension. Methods According to convenience sampling, 115 middle-aged patients with hypertension who were the first time admitted to our hospital were divided, on the basis of different periods, into the test group (60 patients) and the control group (55 patients). The control group was accepted normal nursing, while the test group was accepted the stress management intervention that performed during hospitalization and after patients discharged from the hospital. Both groups were assessed, by using self-rating depression scale and SF-36 scale, before discharging from hospital and one month after discharging from hospital. Results After the intervention, the test group experienced reductions in depression standard score and increases in dimension scores and total scores of SF-36 scale.compared with those of the control group, these changes had statistical significant (P＜0.05). Conclusion Selective, integrated, continuous and stimulating stress management can help middle-aged patients with hypertension to improve the quality of life.