Table 3.
Religious Affiliation, Religious/Spiritual Attitude, and Spiritual Experience.
| With Spiritual Experience | With Spiritual Experience of Darkness | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 2 | ||||
| Patients | N = 80 | N = 34 | N = 46 | N = 72 | N = 30 | N = 42 | N = 25 | N = 12 | N = 13 |
| Religious affiliation | |||||||||
| Catholics | 39 (48.8%) | 14 (41.2%) | 25 (54.3%) | 37 (51.4%) | 12 (40%) | 25 (59.5%) | 13 (52%) | 5 (41.7%) | 8 (61.5%) |
| Protestants | 23 (28.8%) | 15 (44.1%) | 8 (17.4%) | 2 (2.8%) | 13 (43.3%) | 7 (16.7%) | 7 (28%) | 5 (41.7%) | 2 (15.4%) |
| Free churches | 3 (3.8%) | 1 (2.9%) | 2 (4.3%) | 3 (4.2%) | 1 (3.3%) | 2 (4.8%) | 3 (12%) | 1 (8.3%) | 2 (15.4%) |
| Buddhist | 1 (1.3%) | — | 1 (2.2%) | 1 (1.4%) | — | 1 (2.4%) | — | — | — |
| Muslim | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (2.9%) | — | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (3.3%) | — | — | — | — |
| Natural religion | 1 (1.3%) | — | 1 (2.2%) | 1 (1.4%) | — | 1 (2.4%) | — | — | — |
| No religious tradition | 12 (15%) | 3 (8.8%) | 9 (19.7%) | 9 (12.5%) | 3 (10%) | 6 (14.3%) | 2 (8%) | 1 (8.3%) | 1 (7.7%) |
| Religious/spiritual attitude | |||||||||
| I am religious/spiritual | 63 (78.8%) | 29 (85.3%) | 34 (73.9%) | 57 (79.2%) | 25 (83.3%) | 32 (76.2%) | 21 (84%) | 10 (83.3%) | 11 (84.6%) |
| I like to pray | 36 (45%) | 18 (52.9%) | 18 (39.1%) | 36 (50%) | 14 (46.7%) | 17 (40.5%) | 14 (56%) | 6 (50%) | 8 (61.5%) |
| I like to meditate | 9 (11.3%) | 3 (8.8%) | 6 (13%) | 9 (12.5% | 3 (10%) | 6 (14.3%) | 3 (12%) | — | 3 (23.1%) |
| I had a near-death experience | 9 (11.3%) | 3 (8.8%) | 6 (13%) | 9 (12.5%) | 3 (10%) | 6 (14.3%) | 3 (12%) | 1 (8.3%) | 2 (15.4%) |
| I had a spiritual experience (incl. NDE) | 22 (27.5%) | 6 (17.6%) | 16 (34.8%) | 22 (30.6%) | 6 (20%) | 16 (38.1%) | 6 (24%) | 2 (16.7%) | 4 (30.8%) |
| I am curious about afterlife | 19 (23.8%) | 5 (14.6%) | 14 (30.4%) | 18 (25%) | 5 (16.7%) | 13 (31%) | 7 (28%) | 2 (16.7%) | 5 (38.5%) |
Abbreviation: NDE, near-death experience.