Table 2:
Distribution of LUTS Burden and Impact from the AUASI (N=929)
| Continuous Distribution | AUASI Categorical Distribution** | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Range | No Symptoms N (%) | Mild N (%) | Moderate N (%) | Severe/Very Severe N (%) | |
| Symptoms | |||||||
| LUTS Severity – total score | 6.1 | 5.2 | 0–33 | 59 (6%) | 583 (63%) | 265 (29%) | 22 (2%) |
| Storage subscale | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0–13 | 74 (8%) | 312 (34%) | 469 (50%) | 74 (8%) |
| Emptying subscale | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0–15 | 408 (44%) | 269 (29%) | 226 (24%) | 26 (3%) |
| Post-micturition subscale | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0–5 | 561 (60%) | 235 (25%) | 76 (9%) | 57 (6%) |
| Impact | |||||||
| LUTS Impact* | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0–4 | 579 (62%) | 195 (21%) | 103 (11%) | 52 (6%) |
For LUTS Impact, responses for “mostly dissatisfied, unhappy, or terrible” were combined and labeled as severe.
For AUASI categories: No symptoms = score is 0, Mild = score 1–7, Moderate = score 8–19, and Severe/Very Severe = >19