PURPOSE To evaluate the correlation between the Visual Prostate Symptom Score (VPSS) and International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). METHODS We enrolled 240 new male patients who had visited National Police Hospital more than twice during a 6-month period starting from July 2013. At initial visit, the Korean version of the IPSS and VPSS, uroflowmetry, and transrectal ultrasonography were use...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether the Chinese version of the International Prostate Symptom Score can differentiate surgically treatable conditions from functional disorders among patients with lower urinary tract symptoms. DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING Community hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS A cohort of 121 adult males with lower urinary tract symptoms referred to a s...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of education and literacy status on completion of the Visual Prostate Symptom Score (VPSS) and the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) in males aged over 40 years in a rural Indonesian area. METHODS We enrolled 103 men who had visited Tc-Hillers Maumere Hospital. Four questions related to frequency, nocturia, weak stream, and quality of life (QoL) were p...

This study was to investigate the role of complementary and alternative medicine in the prevention and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. For this purpose, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was performed over 12 months on 47 benign prostatic hyperplasia patients with average age of 53.3 years and international prostate symptom score over 8. Subjects received either sw...

Introduction Sexual dysfunctions (SDs) are common, but often underestimated symptoms in men with multiple sclerosis (MS). The most common sexual complaint in a multiple sclerosis male is erectile dysfunction (ED). The aim of this observational, cross-sectional study was to assess the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) and its relationship with neurological disability, depression, urodynami...

This prospective analysis assessed the effect of histological prostatitis on lower urinary tract functions and sexual function. The patients were separated into two groups as histologically observed prostatitis (Group A) and no prostatitis (Group B) according to the biopsy outcomes. International prostate symptom score, international index of erectile function-5 scores, maximal and average flow...

OBJECTIVES To report the secondary analyses of treatment satisfaction and clinically meaningful improvements in a randomized study comparing coadministration of tadalafil 5 mg with finasteride 5 mg versus finasteride alone in men with prostatic enlargement secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia. METHODS An international, randomized, double-blind, parallel study was carried out in men aged ...