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International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS)
Questionnaire*
Name:____________________________ Date of Birth:_______________ Date Completed:____________
 
Not at all
Less than 1 time in 5
Less than half the time
About half the time
More than half the time
Almost always
Your score
1. Incomplete emptying
Over the past month, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finished urinating?

0

1

2

3

4

5

 
2. 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

 
3. Intermittency
Over the past month, how often have you found you stopped and startd again several times when you urinated?

0

1

2

3

4

5

 
4. Urgency
Over the past month, how often have you found it difficult to postpone urination?

0

1

2

3

4

5

 
5. Weak Stream
Over the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream?

0

1

2

3

4

5

 
6. Straining
Over the past month, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination?

0

1

2

3

4

5

 
 
None
1 time
2 times
3 times
4 times
5 times or more
 
7. Nocturia
Over the past month, how many times did you most typically get up to urinate from the time you went to bed at night until the time you got up in the morning?

0

1

2

3

4

5

 
Total I-PSS Score      _____
 
Delighted
Pleased
Mostly Satisfied
Mixed
Mostly Dissatisfied
Unhappy
Terrible
1. Quality of Life Due to Urinary Symptoms
If you were to spend the rest of your life with your urinary condition just the way it is now, how would you feel about that?

0

1

2

3

4

5

6