Near-death Experience in ICU Survivors

University of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Near-Death Experience; Critical Illness

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: cerebral magnetic resonance imaging; Diagnostic Test: Greyson NDE scale; Diagnostic Test: DES dissociation scale; Diagnostic Test: WHOQOL-SRPB

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04279171

EMISI

Details and patient eligibility

About

This observational study aims to describe the incidence of near-death experience (NDE) in patients who survived a critical illness. In order to help determine the potential risk factors of NDE, dissociative status and spirituality are also investigated. Finally, in patients who experienced NDE, a magnetic resonance imaging is performed to search for any structural modifications.

Enrollment: 126 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All consecutive patients who survived critical illness

Exclusion criteria

• Glasgow Coma Scale < 15/15
• Confusion (CAM ICU scale)
• Refusal