Rachel E. Selekman|Catherine R. Harris|Pauline Filippou|Thomas Chi|Amjad Alwaal|Sarah D. Blaschko|Benjamin N. Breyer
Validation of a Visual Prostate Symptom Score in Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in a Health Safety Net Hospital
University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco
evaluate correlation international prostate symptom score ipss visual prostate symptom score vpss visual assessment urinary stream frequency nocturia quality life using pictograms health safety net populationmen presenting san francisco general hospital lower urinary tract symptoms completed ipss vpss without assistance statistical analysis performed using chisquare test wilcoxon signed rank test spearman rank correlationone hundred twentyone patients enrolled december 2013 may 2014 mean age 54 years statistically significant correlations total vpss total ipss 071 p 001 frequency 047 p 001 nocturia 069 p 001 force stream 065 p 001 quality life 069 p 001 addition statistically significant correlations total vpss vpss quality life 069 p 001 qmax 0473 p 006 mean absolute disagreement participants took ipss independently vs assistance greater took vpss independently vs assistance symptoms frequency 064 vs 03 respectively p 001 weak stream 082 vs 014 respectively p 001 nocturia 038 vs 023 respectively p 023 quality life 063 vs 032 respectively p 005many men altered ipss responses received assistance significantly less alteration responses using vpss suggesting vpss useful determining lower urinary tract symptoms particularly patients limited education literacy