Incidence and correlates of near-death experiences in a cardiac care unit

Greyson, Bruce

doi:10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00042-2

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Incidence and correlates of near-death experiences in a cardiac care unit

Greyson, Bruce (2003)

Published: Jul 1, 2003
Journal: General Hospital Psychiatry · Vol. 25 · No. 4
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00042-2

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In 1595 cardiac inpatients, NDEs followed 10% of cardiac arrests and 1% of other admissions; objective closeness to death did not differ.

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Greyson surveyed a consecutive sample of 1595 patients on a cardiac inpatient service over 30 months and matched those who reported NDEs with comparison patients. NDEs were reported by 10% of patients with cardiac arrest and 1% of other cardiac patients. Experiencers were younger, more often lost consciousness and reported more prior paranormal experiences, but did not differ in cognitive function, degree of cardiac dysfunction or objective proximity to death.

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Prospective survey of consecutive admissions with matched comparison group.

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Greyson NDE Scale.

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Near-death experiences: reports, measurement and explanations

Some people who come close to death later report leaving their body, a tunnel, a bright light, meeting deceased relatives or a review of their life. This collection follows how psychology and medicine have studied these reports: from the first case collections (Moody, Ring) and the Greyson NDE Scale, through prospective studies of cardiac arrest survivors, to neurobiological, psychological and cultural explanations, distressing NDEs, and what changes in people's lives afterwards. What NDEs are is still debated, and the verdicts here are ours. Terms: * NDE: near-death experience * OBE: out-of-body experience * WCEI: Ring's Weighted Core Experience Index, an early measure of NDE depth

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1595 cardiac patients, matched controls. NDEs in 10% after cardiac arrest and 1% without it. And the groups do NOT differ in objective closeness to death!

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