Andika Afriansyah|Yogi Ismail Gani|Hari Nusali
Comparison between visual prostate symptom score and international prostate symptom score in males older than 40 years in rural Indonesia
Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital
evaluate effect education literacy status completion visual prostate symptom score vpss international prostate symptom score ipss males aged 40 years rural indonesian area enrolled 103 men visited tchillers maumere hospital four questions related frequency nocturia weak stream quality life qol presented pictogram vpss data age educational level literacy status analyzed determine associations capability complete ipss vpss questionnaires correlation test used identify correlation vpss ipss median age 103 respondents 60 years total 69 patients 670 able read 99 patients 961 understood indonesian language 52 patients 505 education grade 9 ipss completed without assistance 55 patients 534 vpss 82 patients 796 none patients could read could complete ipss without assistance whereas 15 patients 441 could read could complete vpss without assistance p0001 analysis education level 40 51 patients 784 education grade 9 required assistance complete ipss compared 8 52 patients 154 education grade 9 p 0001 groups 19 51 patients 373 compared 2 52 patients 38 required assistance complete vpss p0001 total vpss vpss obstructive symptoms vpss irritative symptoms vpss qol scores significantly correlated total ipss ipss obstructive symptoms ipss irritative symptoms ipss qol respectively correlation coefficient pvalue 0675 0001 0503 0001 0731 0001 0823 0001 respectively vpss correlated significantly ipss could completed without assistance greater proportion men low levels education vpss might useful evaluating men lower urinary tract symptoms rural indonesian areas high level illiteracy low level education