Table 1.

International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) questions and scored answers

In the past month, have you had the following symptoms?	In 5 times
	Not at all	Less than 1 in 5 times	Less than half the time	About half the time	More than half the time	Almost always
1. How often have you had the sensation of not emptying your bladder?	0	1	2	3	4	5
2. How often have you had to urinate every two hours or less?	0	1	2	3	4	5
3. How often have you stopped and started again several times when urinating?	0	1	2	3	4	5
4. How often have you found it difficult to postpone urination?	0	1	2	3	4	5
5. How often have you had a weak urinary stream?	0	1	2	3	4	5
6. How often have you had to strain to start urination?	0	1	2	3	4	5
7. How many times did you typically get up at night to urinate?	None	1	2	3	4	5
	0	1	2	3	4	5