Consistency of near-death experience accounts over two decades: Are reports embellished over time?
Consistency of near-death experience accounts over two decades: Are reports embellished over time?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.10.013
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
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影响因子：
6.5
通讯作者：
Greyson, Bruce
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作者：
Greyson, Bruce
目的：“濒死体验”通常在临床死亡和复苏后报告，可能需要干预，如果可靠，可能阐明极端压力下大脑功能的改变。据推测，多年来关于濒死体验的描述被夸大了。这项研究的目的是测试近二十年来濒死体验的可靠性。方法：72例20世纪80年代完成过濒死体验量表的患者（原队列中63%仍健在）在不参照原量表给药的情况下再次完成了该量表。主要结果是两组在濒死体验量表得分上的差异。次要结果是两组间评分差异与时间的统计关联。结果：总濒死体验量表、4个因素、16个项目的平均得分无显著变化。两组评分之间的相关系数在总NDE量表、4个因素和16个项目上均显著P < 0.001。总分、4个因素、16个项目的NDE评分变化与时间的相关系数均不显著。结论：与预期相反，对濒死体验的描述，尤其是对其积极影响的报道，在近20年的时间里并没有被美化。这些数据支持濒死体验描述的可靠性。2006爱思唯尔爱尔兰有限公司版权所有。
Aim: "Near-death experiences," commonly reported after clinical death and resuscitation, may require intervention and, if reliable, may elucidate altered brain functioning under extreme stress. It has been speculated that accounts of near-death experiences are exaggerated over the years. The objective of this study was to test the reliability over two decades of accounts of near-death experiences.Methods: Seventy-two patients with near-death experience who had completed the NDE scale in the 1980s (63% of the original cohort still alive) completed the scale a second time, without reference to the original scale administration. The primary outcome was differences in NDE scale scores on the two administrations. The secondary outcome was the statistical association between differences in scores and years elapsed between the two administrations.Results: Mean scores did not change significantly on the total NDE scale, its 4 factors, or its 16 items. Correlation coefficients between scores on the two administrations were significant at P < 0.001 for the total NDE scale, for its 4 factors, and for its 16 items. Correlation coefficients between score changes and time elapsed between the two administrations were not significant for the total NDE scale, for its 4 factors, or for its 16 items.Conclusion: Contrary to expectation, accounts of near-death experiences, and particularly reports of their positive affect, were not embellished over a period of almost two decades. These data support the reliability of near-death experience accounts. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.