A prospective analysis of near-death experiences in cardiac arrest patients.
Janet Schwaninger, Paul R. Eisenberg, Kenneth B. Schechtman, Alan N. Weiss
Journal of Near-Death Studies 2002 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-2002-20-4-p215-232. (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cohort Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Patients suffering a cardiac arrest |
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Keywords | Cardiology Intensive care medicine |
| Citations | 99 |
| Key findings | Approximately 10% of cardiac arrest survivors report a near-death experience, which is associated with lasting positive psychosocial and spiritual changes. |
Abstract
Study assessing prospectively the frequency of near-death experiences (NDEs) in patients suffering a cardiac arrest, characterizing these experiences, and assessing their impact on psychosocial and spiritual attitudes.
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands Cardiac patients successfully resuscitated after cardiac arrest in ten Dutch hospitals | 2001 | Prospective cohort study | n = 344 |
| Incidence and correlates of near-death experiences in a cardiac care unit Cardiac inpatients at a tertiary care center | 2003 | Observational cohort | n = 1,595 |
| Features of "near-death experience" in relation to whether or not patients were near death Patients who believed they were near death during an illness or after an injury and... | 1990 | Observational cohort | n = 58 |
| The phenomenology of near-death experiences Subjects who reported near-death experiences | 1980 | Retrospective study | n = 78 |
| Near-Death Experiences and the Temporal Lobe Individuals who reported having had a near-death experience during a life-threatening... | 2004 | Observational cohort |
Citations in the library
Cited by 50
- DMT Models the Near-Death Experience Frontiers in Psychology August 15, 2018
- Incidence and correlates of near-death experiences in a cardiac care unit General Hospital Psychiatry July 1, 2003
- Qualitative thematic analysis of the phenomenology of near-death experiences PLoS One February 14, 2018
- Near-death experiences in non-life-threatening events and coma of different etiologies Frontiers in Human Neuroscience May 27, 2014
- Neurochemical models of near-death experiences: A large-scale study based on the semantic similarity of written reports. Consciousness and Cognition March 1, 2019
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Cites 9
- The Near-Death Experience Scale The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease June 1, 1983
- The phenomenology of near-death experiences American Journal of Psychiatry October 1, 1980
- Attitude Change Following Near-Death Experiences Psychiatry August 1, 1980
- The Near-death Experience The British Journal of Psychiatry November 1, 1988
- Near-death experiences and personal values American Journal of Psychiatry May 1, 1983
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