The incidence, maternal, fetal and neonatal consequences of single intrauterine fetal death in monochorionic twins: A prospective observational UKOSS study.

Objective: Report maternal, fetal and neonatal complications associated with single intrauterine fetal death (sIUFD) in monochorionic twin pregnancies.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: UK.

[Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce depressive symptoms in women with breast cancer].

Objective: To describe and discuss the results of non-pharmacological interventions (NPI) adjuvants in the treatment of depressive symptoms among women with breast cancer (BC).

Materials And Methods: A systematic review on NPI was performed, which was applied to patients with cancer and depressive symptoms in seven databases. The review was limited from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2017 and to English, Spanish and Portuguese languages.

Non-pharmacological therapies for depressive symptoms in breast cancer patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Objective: Depressive symptoms are common comorbidities among breast cancer (BC) patients. Non-pharmacological therapies (NPTs) such as exercise and psychotherapy may reduce depressive symptoms; however, the evidence is inconclusive. The objective of this study is to evaluate if NPTs reduce depressive symptoms among BC patients.

[Effect of weather temperature on hospital emergencies in the Region of Murcia, Spain, throughout the 2000-2005 and its use in epidemiological surveillance].

Background: The effect of the weather temperature on mortality has been studied more in depth than its effect on morbidity. In Murcia, the number of daily emergencies and the cases of heat stroke for which care is provided at the hospitals in this Region have been studied.

Objective: to evaluate the effect that the weather temperature has on the number of hospital emergencies and the use of these indicators for the surveillance of hot weather-related morbidity.

[Correspondences from 10th to 9th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases in the causes of death lists of the National Institute of Statistics and the Regional Health Authority of Murcia in Spain].

Background: Different countries have conducted comparability studies between Revisions 10 and 9 of the International Classification of Diseases for aggregate lists of causes of death. In Spain, the COMPARA project was aimed at evaluating the impact of the revision change.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional epidemiological study of 88,048 deaths recorded in Spain in 1999 with the underlying cause of death doubled coded in ICD-9 and ICD-10.

[Accurate interpretation of point estimates, confidence intervals, and hypothesis contrasts in public health].

This essay reviews some statistical concepts frequently used in public health research that are commonly misinterpreted. These include point estimates, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests. By comparing them using the classical and the Bayesian perspectives, their interpretation becomes clearer.