Urology

IPSS (International Prostate Symptom Score)

Assesses lower urinary tract symptoms in benign prostatic hyperplasia

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Input Parameters

Incomplete emptying: How often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely?

Frequency: How often have you had to urinate again less than 2 hours after you finished urinating?

Intermittency: How often have you stopped and started again several times when you urinated?

Urgency: How often have you found it difficult to postpone urination?

Weak stream: How often have you had a weak urinary stream?

Straining: How often have you had to push or strain to begin urination?

Nocturia: How many times did you most typically get up to urinate from the time you went to bed until you got up in the morning?

Quality of Life: If you were to spend the rest of your life with your urinary condition the way it is now, how would you feel about that?

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