What is IPSS Score?

What is IPSS (International Prostate Symptom) Score?

The International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) is based on the answers to seven questions concerning urinary symptoms. Each question is assigned points from 0 to 5 indicating the severity of the particular symptom. The total score can therefore vary from 0 to 35 (asymptomatic to very symptomatic). Although there are presently no standard recommendations into grading patients with mild, moderate or severe symptoms, patients can be tentatively classified as follows:

• 0-7: mildly symptomatic

• 8-19: moderately symptomatic

• 20-35: severely symptomatic
  

The International Consensus Committee (ICC) recommends the use of only a single question to assess a patient’s quality of life. The answers to this question range from ‘delighted’ to ‘terrible’ or 0-6. Although this single question may or may not capture the global impact of BPH symptoms on quality of life, it may serve as a valuable starting point for a doctor-patient conversation.

Source:
American Urological Association
European Association of Urology
Korean Urological Association
Medscape
National Health Service