[International Prostate Symptom Scale. Evaluation of the usefulness of a French version].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the usefulness of a French-language version of the International Prostate Symptom Scale (I-PSS) by measuring, on this scale and on the quality of life index, the scores of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia before and after prostate surgery.


METHODS
The questionnaire was completed by 14 men, mostly between 60 and 80 years old, 24 hours before surgery and 1 month and 3 months after surgery.


RESULTS
The French-language scale worked well. Scores changed from 19.1 before surgery to 7.5 3 months after surgery for prostate symptoms and from 8.5 to 4.5 for quality of life.


CONCLUSIONS
This version of the questionnaire is a valid tool for evaluating prostate symptoms reported by French-speaking people.
Moisan
J
J
Faculté de pharmacie de l'Université Laval, Qué. Jocalyne.Moisan@pha.ulaval.ca
Grégoire
J P
JP
Labrecque
M G
MG
Fradet
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015982:Bias; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D011788:Quality of Life; D011792:Quebec; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating