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International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)
Men: find out how severe your urinary symptoms are..
Incomplete Emptying
: Over the last month, how often have you had a
sensation of not emptying your bladder completely
after you finish urinating?
*
Incomplete Emptying: Over the last month, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finish urinating?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Not at all
About half the time
Almost always
Frequency
: Over the past month, how often have you had to
urinate again less than two hours
after you finished urinating?
*
Frequency: Over the past month, how often have you had to urinate again less than two hours after you finished urinating?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Not at all
About half the time
Almost always
Intermittency
: Over the past month, how often have you found you
stopped and started again several times
when you urinated?
*
Intermittency: Over the past month, how often have you found you stopped and started again several times when you urinated?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Not at all
About half the time
Almost always
Urgency
: Over the last month,
how difficult have you found it to postpone
urination?
*
Urgency: Over the last month, how difficult have you found it to postpone urination?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Not at all
About half the time
Almost always
Weak stream
: Over the past month, how often have you had a
weak urinary stream
?
*
Weak stream: Over the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Not at all
About half the time
Almost always
Straining
: Over the past month, how often have you
had to push or strain
to begin urination?
*
Straining: Over the past month, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Not at all
About half the time
Almost always
Nocturia
: Over the past month, how
many times did you most typically get up to urinate
from the time you went to bed until the time you got up in the morning?
*
Nocturia: Over the past month, how many times did you most typically get up to urinate from the time you went to bed until the time you got up in the morning?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Sleep through the night
Get up 5 times
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
?
*
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?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Delighted
Mixed - about neutral
Terrible
Your score is:
/35
, with a QOL score of
What does this mean
?
Your urinary symptoms are
mild
.
0-7 is considered
mildly
symptomatic
8-19 is considered
moderately
symptomatic
20-35 is considered
severely
symptomatic
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