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Nurses\u2019 attitudes toward death reflect their individual feelings toward death but may affect the quality of care provided at the end of life.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To explore the nurses\u2019 attitudes toward death and the factors that may affect the quality of end-of-life care delivery in Oman among patients cared for in tertiary hospitals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study design.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study explored the nurses\u2019 attitudes toward death in Oman through a nationwide survey of the major governmental hospitals in Oman. The Death Attitude Profile\u2013Revised scale was adopted to collect data from 1469 nurses working in tertiary hospitals using simple random sampling and population proportionate sampling methods.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The nurses in Oman were Omani (46.8%) or Indian (43.7%) and had a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing education (54.5%), with a mean age and clinical experience being 35 and 11\u2009years, respectively. The mean scores showed that they had slightly more positive (4.78\u2009\u00b1\u20090.92) than negative (4.30\u2009\u00b1\u20090.94) attitudes toward death. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to explore correlates of negative and positive death attitudes. The negative death attitudes were significantly associated with nationality (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22121.25,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.007), clinical experience (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.94,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.012), and self-rated spirituality (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.92,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.043). The positive death attitudes were significantly associated with nationality (\u03b2\u2009=\u20092.40,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.009), age (\u03b2\u2009=\u20093.71,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and clinical experience (\u03b2\u2009=\u20092.40,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.004).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The current study shows that nurses in Oman have slightly more positive than negative attitudes toward death. The positive death attitudes were significantly associated with increasing age among nurses and their clinical experience. 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