International Prostate Symptom Score
| Symptom | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incomplete emptying Over the past month, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finish urinating? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Frequency Over the past month, how often have you had to urinate again less than 2 h after you finished urinating? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 | |
| Urgency Over the last month, how difficult have you found it to postpone urination? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Weak stream Over the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Nocturia | None | 1 time | 2 times | 3 times | 4 times | 5 times or more | |
| 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 | |
| Quality of life due to urinary symptoms | Delighted | Pleased | Mostly satisfied | Mixed—about equally satisfied and dissatisfied | Mostly dissatisfied | Unhappy | Terrible |
| If you were to spend the rest of your life with your urinary condition the way it is now, how would you feel? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Total score: 0–7, mildly symptomatic; 8–19, moderately symptomatic; 20–35, severely symptomatic.