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Title

Comparison of the effectiveness of IPSS and VPSS without any help in LUTS patients: a prospective study.

Authors

Guzelsoy, Muhammet; Aydos, Mustafa Murat; Coban, Soner; Turkoglu, Ali Riza; Acibucu, Kadir; Demirci, Hakan

Abstract

Aim: To compare the correlation of visual prostate symptom score (VPSS) and international prostate symptom score (IPSS). To investigate the effect of educational level and age in the responses to VPSS and IPSS.Method: Three hundred and nine patients who gave consent and applied via LUTS to our institution were included in this study. They were requested to fill IPSS and VPSS. The patients were divided into two groups as middle-aged and elderly with a cutoff point of 65 years. They were divided into six groups based on educational level. SPSS was used for the statistical evaluation.Results: The mean age of the patients was 61.5 ± 8.9 years. The correlation was found between IPSS and VPSS (p Conclusions: There is a correlation between VPSS and IPSS. VPSS can be used as an auxiliary or alternative tool instead of IPSS in evaluating LUTS; however, has no superiority to IPSS in elderly group. Currently, the best option to exclude bias in illiterate group is VPSS.

Subjects

RESEARCH methodology evaluation; PROSTATE disease diagnosis; POPULATION-based case control; UROLOGY; DISEASE diagnosis in older people

Publication

Aging Male, 2018, Vol 21, Issue 3, p193

ISSN

1368-5538

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1080/13685538.2017.1414178