International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)

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Indications

  • assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms

Clinical significance

  • score can help guide timing & choice of interventions & assess their effect over time

Procedure

  • score based on answers to 7 questions concerning urinary symptoms & 1 question about the degree to which symptoms are bothersome[2]
  • 0-5 points assigned to each urinary symptom question
  • score range 1-7 (mild), 8-19 (moderate), 20-35 (severe)
  • 0-6 points assigned to bothersome question (worse score higher)

Notes

Additional terms

References

  1. ↑ Rees J, Bultitude M, Challacombe B The management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men. BMJ. 2014 Jun 24;348:g3861 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963071
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 10th edition (GRS10) Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2019
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