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Term Description

The International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) consists of the 7 questions from the AUA-SI plus one quality of life question. The World Health Organization International Consultation on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) has adopted the IPSS for evaluation of the severity of symptoms associated with prostatism and its effect on the patient's quality of life. PMID: 7536259
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Reference Information

Type Source Reference
Webcontent PubMed Health The Management of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men. NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 97. National Clinical Guideline Centre (UK). Appendix H: International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) PMID: 22319808

Panel Hierarchy

Details for each LOINC in Panel LHC-Forms

LOINC Name R/O/C Cardinality Example UCUM Units
80976-4 International Prostate Symptom Score [IPSS]
Indent80884-0 Over the past month, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finished urinating? R 1..1
Indent80885-7 Over the past month, how often have you had to urinate again less than two hours after you finished urinating? R 1..1
Indent80886-5 Over the past month, how often have you found you stopped and started again several times when you urinated? R 1..1
Indent80887-3 Over the past month, how often have you found it difficult to postpone urination? R 1..1
Indent80888-1 Over the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream? R 1..1
Indent80889-9 Over the past month, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination? R 1..1
Indent80890-7 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? R 1..1
Indent80891-5 Symptom score [AUASI] R 1..1 {score}
Indent81090-3 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? R 1..1

Fully-Specified Name

Component
International Prostate Symptom Score
Property
-
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
-
Method
IPSS

Basic Attributes

Class
PANEL.SURVEY.GNHLTH
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.56
Last Updated
Version 2.56
Order vs. Observation
Both
Panel Type
Panel

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