Olajide Abiola|Abdulwahab Akanbi Ajape|Segun Oladele Adeniyi|Sola Ayeni
Use and ease of self-administered International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) and Visual Prostate Symptoms Score (VPSS) questionnaires for the assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms in Nigerian men
Bowen University Teaching Hospital|University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital|Bowen University Teaching Hospital|Bowen University Teaching Hospital
objectives evaluate use visual prostate symptoms score vpss international prostate symptoms score ipss questionnaires assessment lower urinary tract symptoms luts nigerian men special emphasis ease administration time needed complete questionnaires patients methods crosssectional survey men luts carried tertiarycare hospital nigeria july december 2014 symptoms assessed using ipss vpss questionnaires structured questionnaire created collect data sociodemographics literacy visual impairment time needed complete ipss vpss questionnaires data collated pearsons chisquare test performed using contingency table spearmans rank correlation test done ipss vpss paired ttest used average time spent completing questionnaires p value 005 considered significant results ninety patients aged 56 80 years enrolled study thirtyone 344 literate english 59 656 illiterate literate patients least secondary education completed ipss questionnaire without assistance vpss questionnaire completed without assistance 43 729 illiterate patients patients visual impairment needed assistance complete statistically significant correlation ipss vpss completion vpss questionnaire required half time needed complete ipss questionnaire conclusion complete ipss questionnaire nigerian men require literacy status least secondaryeducation vpss correlated significantly ipss questionnaires used assess luts inuneducated patients low educational level visual impairment may preclude useit takes less time complete vpss compared ipss questionnaire keywords international prostate symptoms score visual prostate symptoms score lower urinary tract symptoms nigeria