BPH Symptom Quiz |
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Your symptom score is in the box below. Please print this page and take it with you when you visit your doctor. These results can help your doctor evaluate your symptoms. |
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Whether your symptoms are mild, moderate or severe, it is recommended that you schedule an appointment with a physician to discuss your symptoms and appropriate treatment options. The results of this quiz cannot determine if you have an enlarged prostate and are not meant to replace the expert care and advice of a qualified physician.
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Here's your Symptom Score (For the first 7 questions) |
Mild 0 to 7 |
Moderate 8 to 19 |
Severe 20 to 35 |
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1. INCOMPLETE EMPTYING Over the last month or so, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finished urinating? |
You answered: Not at all 0 |
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2. FREQUENCY During the last month or so, how often have you had to urinate again less than 2 hours after you finished urinating? |
You answered: Not at all 0 |
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3. INTERMITTENCY During the last month or so, how often have you stopped and started again several times when you urinated? |
You answered: Not at all 0 |
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4. URGENCY During the last month or so, how often have you found it difficult to postpone urination? |
You answered: Not at all 0 |
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5. WEAK STREAM During the last month or so, how often have you had a weak urinary stream? |
You answered: Not at all 0 |
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6. STRAINING During the last month or so, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination? |
You answered: Not at all 0 |
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7. SLEEPING During the last month, how many times did you most typically get up to urinate from the time you went to bed at night until the time you got up in the morning? |
You answered: None 0 |
The Disease Specific Quality of Life Question
The International Prostate Symptom Score uses the same 7 questions as the AUA Symptom Index for BPH (presented above)
with the addition of the following Disease Specific Quality of Life Question (bother score) scored on a scale from
0 to 6 points (delighted to terrible).
If you were to spend the rest of your life with your urinary condition just the way it is now, how would you feel about that? |
You answered: Delighted 0 |
| Delighted | Pleased | Mostly satisfied |
Mixed | Mostly disappointed |
Unhappy | Terrible |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Take your results with you when you visit your doctor.
Adapted from American Urological Association. Guideline on the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Linthicum, Md: American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc; 2003:1-22, 1-23, 3-51.
Important Safety Information
FLOMAX is approved to treat male urinary symptoms due to BPH, also called an enlarged prostate. Only your doctor can tell if you have BPH, not a more serious condition
like prostate cancer. Avoid driving or hazardous tasks for 12 hours after
your first dose or increase in dose, as a sudden drop in blood pressure
may occur, rarely resulting in fainting. If considering cataract surgery,
tell your eye surgeon you’ve taken FLOMAX. Common side effects are
runny nose, dizziness and decrease in semen.
Before taking FLOMAX capsules, please see the full Prescribing Information and Patient Information.
