en پرستاری Nursing مروری Review Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="line-height:115%">Background and Objectives:</span></i></b><span style="line-height:115%"> High workload, insufficient resources, and many stressors in the workplace have led to the imposition of physical and psychological pressures on nurses, which exposes them to death anxiety (DA). This systematic review aimed to assess the DA and factors associated with its in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. <b><i></i></b></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="line-height:115%">Material and Methods:</span></i></b><span style="line-height:115%"> An extensive search was conducted on Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iranmedex, and Scientific Information Database (SID) databases via keywords such asincluding &quot;Death&quot;, &quot;Death Anxiety&quot;, &quot;Nurses&quot;, and &quot;COVID-19&quot;, from December 2019 to November 10, 2021. <b><i></i></b></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="line-height:115%">Results: </span></i></b><span style="line-height:115%">818 nurses were enrolled in four papers. The mean age and work experience of nurses Nurses&rsquo; mean age and work experiences were 31.21 (SD=5.43) and 7.60 (SD=6.73) years, respectively. The mean DA of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic was 7.30 (SD=2.23). Also, 31.05% of nurses had a high level of DADA level during the COVID-19 pandemic. Age, sex, work experience, working hours per week, childbearing, several patients needing end‑of‑life care, direct participation in resuscitation operations, cases of direct participation in resuscitation operations, cases of patient death, depression, mental health status, and life satisfaction were influential factors in DA nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. <b><i></i></b></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusion:</span></i></b><span style="line-height:115%"> Thus, nursing policymakers should pay special attention to these factors related to the use of nurses&#39; health maintenance and promotion programs to increase the quality of nursing care for COVID-19 patients. Also, it is recommended that psychological and communication support be provided to nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span></span></span></div> Death,Nurses,Systematic Review,COVID-19, 35 42 http://goums.ac.ir/jorjanijournal/browse.php?a_code=A-10-842-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Javad Ghazanfari javad.ghazanfari12@gmail.com 10031947532846008390 10031947532846008390 No Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Raziyeh Chaghian Arani chghian112@gmail.com 10031947532846008391 10031947532846008391 No Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Amirabbas Mollaei Mollaiamirabbas@gmail.com 10031947532846008392 10031947532846008392 No Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran Aghil Mollaei aghil.mollaei@gmail.com 10031947532846008393 10031947532846008393 No Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Atefeh Falakdami atefeh.f7575@gmail.com 10031947532846008394 10031947532846008394 No Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran Poorya Takasi pooryapin380@gmail.com 10031947532846008395 10031947532846008395 No Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran Pooyan Ghorbani Vajargah Poyan.ghorbani@gmail.com 10031947532846008396 10031947532846008396 No Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran Shaqayeq Esmaeili amie_ei@yahoo.com 10031947532846008397 0000000174330529 No Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Hedayat Jafari hjafari@mazums.ac.ir 10031947532846008398 10031947532846008398 No Associate Professor of Nursing, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Tahereh Yaghoubi tyaghubi@mazums.ac.ir 10031947532846008399 10031947532846008399 No Assistant Professor, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Samad Karkhah sami.karkhah@yahoo.com 10031947532846008400 0000000191939176 Yes 1. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.2. Burn and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.3. Quchan School of Nursing, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.