“Scientific Research: Near-Death Experiences and Quality of Life of Critically Ill Patients in ICU”

Jakarta –

A scientific research studied the Near-death Experience (NDE) of a number of critically ill patients. Observations for a year thereafter showed no significant change in quality of life.

Research published in the journal Critical Care analyzed 126 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients for more than a week at the University of Liege, Belgium. Some are being treated for surgery.

Among the patients, as many as 15 percent or 19 people experienced NDE or suspended animation. The scientists interviewed them 3-7 days after leaving the hospital about their dissociative experiences.

In initial interviews, those experiencing NDE admitted that they had a tendency to experience dissociative symptoms such as experiencing slight pain, uncertainty about identity, and increased personal and spiritual well-being.

After a year, the patients returned for interviews. As a result, no significant difference was found in the quality of life which is generally associated with negative emotions.

Quoted from Express.co.uk, Bruce Greyson, who created the NDE scale and used it in this study, 10-20 percent of people who experience cardiac arrest also experience suspended animation. Compared to the population as a whole, the figure is about 5 percent.

“Very real and sometimes life-changing experiences, sometimes occurring under extreme psychological conditions such as life-threatening trauma, cardiac arrest, and deep anaesthesia,” she defines the NDE.

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