Table 2.

Database search and manual screening criteria

	Database search
Inclusion criteria
Adult men (age ≥ 18 years)	Male > 18 years old
Bothersome LUTS	LUTS; BPH; nocturia; urinary symptoms; prostatism; overactive bladder (within last 5 years)
Exclusion criteria
Lack of capacity to consent	Dementia; learning disability; psychosis; schizophrenia (ever) – additional check in manual screen for any other indication of lack of capacity
Unable to pass urine without a catheter (indwelling or intermittent catheterisation)	Catheter code (in last 3 months)
Relevant neurological disease or referral	Dementia; Parkinson’s; MS; previous stroke (ever) Additional check in manual screen for any other neurological disease/referral that may affect LUTS
Undergoing urological testing for LUTS	Reviewed during manual screen only
Currently being treated for prostate or bladder cancer	Prostate or bladder cancer (ever)
Previous prostate surgery	TURP; prostatectomy; BNI (ever)
Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus	Latest HbA1c > 65
Recently referred or currently under urology review	Reviewed during manual screen only
Visible haematuria	Visible haematuria (in last 6 months)
Unable to complete assessments in English	Reviewed during manual screen only

BNI bladder neck incision, BPH benign prostatic hypertrophy, HbA1c glycosylated haemoglobin, LUTS lower urinary tract symptoms, MS multiple sclerosis