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. 2020 Jul 3;15:175. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01451-3

Table 3.

HAM/TSP-bladder dysfunction symptom score (HAM-BDSS)

No Symptom 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 In the past month, how often have you had to urinate less than every 2 h? 0 1 2 3 4 5
None 1 time 2 times 3 times 4 times 5 or more times
2 In the past month, how many times did you typically get up at night to urinate? 0 1 2 3 4 5
Not at all Less than once a week Once a week or more About once a day 2–4 times a day 5 times a day or more
3 In the past week, how often do you have a sudden desire to urinate, which was difficult to defer? 0 1 2 3 4 5
4 In the past week, how often do you leak urine because you could not defer the sudden desire to urinate? 0 1 2 3 4 5
Score of storage symptoms /20
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
5 In the past month, how often have you had the sensation of not completely emptying your bladder? 0 1 2 3 4 5
6 In the past month, when urinating, how often have you found yourself to have stopped and then resumed several times? 0 1 2 3 4 5
7 In the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream? 0 1 2 3 4 5
8 In the past month, how often have you had to strain to start urination? 0 1 2 3 4 5
Score of voiding symptoms /20
Total score /40

Q1 is from I-PSS Q2; Q2 is from I-PSS Q7; Q3 is from OABSS Q3; Q4 is from OABSS Q4; Q5 is from I-PSS Q1; Q6 is from I-PSS Q3; Q7 is from I-PSS Q5; and Q8 is from I-PSS Q6