Table 4 Quality of care^† and satisfaction with care

I. Health promotion

1. Counseling about climacteric and menopause

2. Nutritional counseling

3. Advice on regular leisure time physical activity

4. Smoke cessation counseling in current smokers

II. Screening

1. Deliberate search of climacteric symptoms

2. Screening for overweight/obesity

3. Screening for hypertension

4. Screening for diabetes

5. Screening for breast cancer

6. Screening for cervical cancer in women without total hysterectomy

III. Treatment

1. Appropriate indication of oral HT

   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

oral HT indicated appropriately

oral HT not indicated

   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

oral HT indicated

oral HT not indicated appropriately

2. Appropriate indication of vaginal HT

   a) women with moderate or severe vaginal atrophy symptoms and without oral HT

vaginal HT indicated appropriately

vaginal HT not indicated

   b) women without moderate to severe vaginal atrophy symptoms or with oral HT

vaginal HT indicated

vaginal HT not indicated appropriately

Women receiving oral HT

3. Appropriate prescription of oral HT

4. Information on risks and benefits of oral HT

Percentage of recommended care received

   Health promotion

   Screening

   Treatment

Satisfaction with care received at the FMC

Very satisfied

Satisfied

Neither satisfied nor unsatisfied

Unsatisfied

Very unsatisfied