were then administrated to, respectively, assess frequency of both pathological and non-pathological dissociative experiences and spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs. Based on their response to the Greyson NDE scale , the cohort was then divided into two groups: theAt one month following the interview, patients from the NDE group were contacted by phone to measure the phenomenological characteristics of memories using the.
Finally, patients from both groups were contacted by phone one year after inclusion, to assess their memory using the Greyson NDE scale and their health-related quality of life using the. Patients were also questioned about their feeling during the ICU stay of living a life-threatening situation . Demographic data, medical history and data related to the ICU stay were prospectively extracted from the medical charts.
This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, after approval by the Ethics Committee of the Medicine Faculty of the University of Liège and registration on ClinicalTrials.gov . Informed consent was obtained from all the patients.One hundred twenty-six participants were included in the study and interviewed 5 days after ICU discharge . Out of this sample, 19 patients reported having experienced a NDE as identified by the Greyson NDE scale .