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