International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)
Nephrology and urology
Also known as: Internationaler Prostata-Symptomen-Score (IPSS) · Uluslararası Prostat Semptom Skoru (IPSS)
What it is for
Self-administered questionnaire on lower urinary tract symptoms over the past month: seven symptom items (incomplete emptying, frequency, intermittency, urgency, weak stream, straining, nocturia), each scored 0–5, total 0–35. An eighth item on quality of life is scored separately and is not part of the total.
Classification
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| 0–7 | mildly symptomatic. |
| 8–19 | moderately symptomatic. |
| 20–35 | severely symptomatic. |
Source
The American Urological Association symptom index for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The Measurement Committee of the American Urological Association
J Urol 1992;148:1549–1557 (Barry MJ et al.)
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)36966-5
PMID: 1279218
- Edition
- IPSS (AUA symptom index 1992 plus quality-of-life item; current)
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