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    International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) : Patient Name: in The Past Month: Your Score

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    The International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) is a survey used to assess the severity of urinary symptoms in patients. It consists of 7 questions about urinary symptoms that are scored from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms. An additional question scores quality of life from 0 to 6. The total symptom score can range from 0 to 35, with scores categorized as mild, moderate, or severe. The I-PSS provides a standardized way for doctors to evaluate a patient's urinary symptoms and quality of life related to prostate issues.

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    The International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) is a survey used to assess the severity of urinary symptoms in patients. It consists of 7 questions about urinary symptoms that are scored from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms. An additional question scores quality of life from 0 to 6. The total symptom score can range from 0 to 35, with scores categorized as mild, moderate, or severe. The I-PSS provides a standardized way for doctors to evaluate a patient's urinary symptoms and quality of life related to prostate issues.

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    The International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) is a survey used to assess the severity of urinary symptoms in patients. It consists of 7 questions about urinary symptoms that are scored from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms. An additional question scores quality of life from 0 to 6. The total symptom score can range from 0 to 35, with scores categorized as mild, moderate, or severe. The I-PSS provides a standardized way for doctors to evaluate a patient's urinary symptoms and quality of life related to prostate issues.

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    International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS)

    Patient Name: Date of birth: Date completed


    About
    In the past Not at
    Less than Less than
    Half
    More
    Almost Your
    1 in 5 Half the than Half
    month: All
    Times Time
    the
    the Time
    Always score
    Time
    1. Incomplete Emptying
    How often have you had the
    sensation of not emptying 0 1 2 3 4 5
    your bladder?

    2. Frequency
    How often have you had to
    urinate less than every two 0 1 2 3 4 5
    hours?

    3. Intermittency
    How often have you found
    you stopped and started again 0 1 2 3 4 5
    several times when you
    urinated?

    4. Urgency
    How often have you found it
    difficult to postpone 0 1 2 3 4 5
    urination?

    5. Weak Stream
    How often have you had a 0 1 2 3 4 5
    weak urinary stream?

    6. Straining
    How often have you had to 0 1 2 3 4 5
    strain to start urination?

    None 1 Time 2 Times 3 Times 4 Times 5 Times

    7. Nocturia
    How many times did you
    typically get up at night to 0 1 2 3 4 5
    urinate?

    Total I-PSS
    Score

    Score: 1-7: Mild 8-19: Moderate 20-35: Severe

    Quality of Life Due to Delighted Pleased Mostly Mixed Mostly Unhappy Terrible
    Urinary Symptoms Satisfied Dissatisfied

    If you were to spend the rest of


    your life with your urinary
    condition just the way it is now, 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
    how would you feel about that?
    About the I-PSS
    The International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) is based on the answers to seven questions
    concerning urinary symptoms and one question concerning quality of life. Each question
    concerning urinary symptoms allows the patient to choose one out of six answers indicating
    increasing severity of the particular symptom. The answers are assigned points from 0 to 5. The
    total score can therefore range from 0 to 35 (asymptomatic to very symptomatic).

    The questions refer to the following urinary symptoms:

    Questions Symptom
    1 Incomplete emptying
    2 Frequency
    3 Intermittency
    4 Urgency
    5 Weak Stream
    6 Straining
    7 Nocturia

    Question eight refers to the patients perceived quality of life.

    The first seven questions of the I-PSS are identical to the questions appearing on the American
    Urological Association (AUA) Symptom Index which currently categorizes symptoms as
    follows:

    Mild (symptom score less than of equal to 7)


    Moderate (symptom score range 8-19)
    Severe (symptom score range 20-35)

    The International Scientific Committee (SCI), under the patronage of the World Health
    Organization (WHO) and the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), recommends the use
    of only a single question to assess the quality of life. The answers to this question range from
    delighted to terrible or 0 to 6. Although this single question may or may not capture the
    global impact of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) Symptoms or quality of life, it may serve as
    a valuable starting point for a doctor-patient conversation.

    The SCI has agreed to use the symptom index for BPH, which has been developed by the AUA
    Measurement Committee, as the official worldwide symptoms assessment tool for patients
    suffering from prostatism.

    The SCI recommends that physicians consider the following components for a basic diagnostic
    workup: history; physical exam; appropriate labs, such as U/A, creatine, etc.; and DRE or other
    evaluation to rule out prostate cancer.

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