Table 2.

American Urological Association Symptom Index

	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
1. Over the past month, how often
have you had a sensation of not
emptying your bladder completely	□ 0	□ l	□ 2	□ 3	□ 4	□ 5
after you finished urinating?
2. Over the past month, how often
have you had to urinate again
less than 2 hours after you	□ 0	□ l	□ 2	□ 3	□ 4	□ 5
finished urinating?
3. Over the past month, how often
have you found you stopped and
started again several times when	□ 0	□ l	□ 2	□ 3	□ 4	□ 5
you urinated?
4. Over the past month, how often
have you found it difficult to	□ 0	□ l	□ 2	□ 3	□ 4	□ 5
postpone urination?
5. Over the past month, how often
have you had a weak urinary stream?	□ 0	□ l	□ 2	□ 3	□ 4	□ 5
6. Over the past month, how often
have you had to push or strain to	□ 0	□ l	□ 2	□ 3	□ 4	□ 5
begin urination?
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.
	□ 0 none	□ 1 1 time	□ 2 2times	□ 3 3 times	□ 4 4 times	□ 5 5 or more times
AUA symptom score = sum of questions 1 to 7.

From Barry MJ et al. J Urol. 1992;148:1549–1557.¹⁴