Near-death Experience in ICU Survivors
- Conditions
- Critical IllnessNear-Death Experience
- Registration Number
- NCT04279171
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Liege
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 126
- All consecutive patients who survived critical illness
- Glasgow Coma Scale < 15/15
- Confusion (CAM ICU scale)
- Refusal
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method NDE Greyson questionnaire is administered during the week following ICU discharge NDE occurence during ICU stay, retrospectively detected by the Greyson scale. Greyson scale is a 16 items and 32 points scale. Minimal score is 0, maximal score is 32. A NDE is suspected when score is equal or higher than 7.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life estimation one year after first interview Quality of life assessment, using EQ-5D-3L
NDE one year after first interview NDE occurence during ICU stay, retrospectively detected by the Greyson scale.
MCQ (Memory Characteristics Questionnaire) one month after first interview analyze of the phenomenological characteristics of real and imagined memories
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital of Liège
🇧🇪Liège, Belgium