Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Quality of care and health-related quality of life of climacteric stage women cared for in family medicine clinics in Mexico | Doubova Dubova et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8 20 http content 8 1 20 HEALTH AND QUALITY of life outcomes RESEARCH Open Access Quality of care and health-related quality of life of climacteric stage women cared for in family medicine clinics in Mexico Svetlana Vladislavovna Doubova Dubova1 Sergio Flores-Hernandez2 Leticia Rodriguez-Aguilar1 Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas1 Abstract Objectives 1 To design and validate indicators to measure the quality of the process of care that climacteric stage women receive in family medicine clinics FMC . 2 To assess the quality of care that climacteric stage women receive in FMC. 3 To determine the association between quality of care and health-related quality of life HR-QoL among climacteric stage women. Methods The study had two phases I. Design and validation of indicators to measure the quality of care process by using the RAND UCLA Appropriateness Method. II. Evaluation of the quality of care and its association with HR-QoL through a cross-sectional study conducted in two FMC located in Mexico City that included 410 climacteric stage women. The quality of care was measured by estimating the percentage of recommended care received PRCR by climacteric stage women in three process components health promotion screening and treatment. The HR-QoL was measured using the Cervantes scale 0-155 . The association between quality of care and HR-QoL was estimated through multiple linear regression analysis. Results The lowest mean of PRCR was for the health promotion component and the highest for the treatment component . The mean of HR-QoL was points. The regression analysis showed that in the treatment component for every 10 additional points of the PRCR the global HR-QoL improved points on the Cervantes scale coefficient P . Conclusion The indicators to measure quality of care for climacteric stage women are applicable and feasible in family medicine settings. There is a positive .