Table 4.
Quality of care† and satisfaction with care
| Variable | n = 410 |
|---|---|
| I. Health promotion | n (%) |
| 1. Counseling about climacteric and menopause | 52 (12.7) |
| 2. Nutritional counseling | 59 (14.4) |
| 3. Advice on regular leisure time physical activity | 178 (43.4) |
| 4. Smoke cessation counseling in current smokers | n = 75 23 (30.7) |
| II. Screening | n = 410 |
| 1. Deliberate search of climacteric symptoms | 155 (37.8) |
| 2. Screening for overweight/obesity | 14 (3.4) |
| 3. Screening for hypertension | 407 (99.3) |
| 4. Screening for diabetes | 362 (88.3) |
| 5. Screening for breast cancer | 173 (42.2) |
| 6. Screening for cervical cancer in women without total hysterectomy | n = 347 319 (91.9) |
| III. Treatment | n = 410 |
| 1. Appropriate indication of oral HT | 388 (94.6) |
| a) Women with moderate or severe vasomotor symptoms ≥ 7/day (at the time of the interview or the time to start oral HT) and without contraindications for HT | n = 37 |
| oral HT indicated appropriately | 20 (54.0) |
| oral HT not indicated | 17 (46.0) |
| b) Women with moderate or severe vasomotor symptoms <7/day (at the time of the interview or the time to start oral HT), with mild symptoms or without vasomotor symptoms | n = 373 |
| oral HT indicated | 5 (1.4) |
| oral HT not indicated appropriately | 368 (98.6) |
| 2. Appropriate indication of vaginal HT | 332 (81.0) |
| a) women with moderate or severe vaginal atrophy symptoms and without oral HT | n = 87 |
| vaginal HT indicated appropriately | 9 (10.3) |
| vaginal HT not indicated | 78 (89.7) |
| b) women without moderate to severe vaginal atrophy symptoms or with oral HT | n = 323 |
| vaginal HT indicated | 0 (0.0) |
| vaginal HT not indicated appropriately | 323 (100.0) |
| Women receiving oral HT | n = 31 |
| 3. Appropriate prescription of oral HT | 16 (51.6) |
| 4. Information on risks and benefits of oral HT | 12 (38.7) |
| n = 410 | |
| Percentage of recommended care received | % mean ± SD |
| Health promotion | 24.1 ± 28.1 |
| Screening | 59.5 ± 16.8 |
| Treatment | 86.6 ± 22.9 |
| Satisfaction with care received at the FMC | n (%) |
| Very satisfied | 66 (16.1) |
| Satisfied | 200 (48.8) |
| Neither satisfied nor unsatisfied | 90 (22.0) |
| Unsatisfied | 41(10.0) |
| Very unsatisfied | 13 (3.2) |
† For complete information about the formula of each quality of care indicator, please see Table 1.