International prostate symptom score (IPSS)

  Not at all Less than 1 time in 5 Less than half the time About half the time More than half the time
Always Score
0 1 2 3 4 5
1. Incomplete emptying: Over the past month, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finish urinating?
2. Frequency: Over the past month, how often have you had to urinate again less than two hours after you finished urinating?
3. Intermittency: Over the past month, how often have you found you stopped and started again several times when you urinated?
4. Urgency: Over the last month, how difficult have you found it to postpone urination?
5. Weak stream: Over the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream?
6. Straining: Over the past month, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination?
7. Nocturia: Over the past month, many times did you most typically get up to urinate from the time you went to bed until the time you got up in the morning?