IPSS v.1

How often have you had the sensation of not emptying your bladder?

How often have you had to urinate less than every two hours?

How often have you found you stopped and started again several times when urinating?

How often have you found it difficult to postpone urination?

How often have you had a weak urinary stream?

How often have you had to strain to start urination?

How many times did you typically get up at night to urinate?

If you were to spend the rest of your life with your urinary condition just the way it is not, how would you feel about that?

The International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) is used to assist in the rapid diagnosis of BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia), as well as monitor the symptoms over time. A score of ≤7p indicates mild, 8-19 moderate and 20-35 severe symptoms.

Dennis Forslund

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The International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) relates to 7 questions that concern urinary symptoms and an additional question that concerns quality of life and is used to assist in the rapid diagnosis of BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia).

Each urinary-system related question is scored from 0 to 5 representing increasing severity of the outlined symptoms. The total score ranges from 0 to 35 which interpret as asymptomatic to symptomatic The 7 questions are: 1 Incomplete emptying 2 Frequency 3 Intermittency 4 Urgency 5 Weak Stream 6 Straining 7 Nocturia and the 8th question is about the patient's perceived quality of life and though it is scored on a 0 to 6 scale, does not contribute to the overall score. The interpretation of the scores are: Mild : ≤7 Moderate: 8-19 Severe: 20-35

The score should not be used in isolation of a full workup to diagnose problems with the prostate unless specifically declared as confirmation of already strong diagnostic evidence.

Ref.1: Barry MJ, Fowler FJ Jr, O'Leary MP,et. al. The American Urological Association symptom index for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The Measurement Committee of the American Urological Association. J Urol. 1992 Nov;148(5):1549-57.

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