A pilot study evaluating a new questionnaire for prostatic symptom scoring, the SPSS, and its sensitivity as constructed to objective measures of outflow obstruction.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the extent to which our newly developed questionnaire, the Saitama Prostate Symptom Score (SPSS), for prostatic symptom scoring reflects objective findings in benign prostatic hyperplasia (clinical BPH) and to compare it with the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) with regard to diagnostic sensitivity in clinical BPH.


METHODS
In this study, both the SPSS and the IPSS were self-administered by patients. Free uroflowmetry, a pressure-flow study and the measurement of prostatic volume were carried out.


RESULTS
There was no significant correlation between the results of the IPSS questionnaire and the urethral obstruction grade estimated by Schaefer or Abrams-Griffiths nomograms. The total score of the SPSS was correlated with these nomograms (P = 0.0487 and P = 0.0413, respectively). There was no significant correlation between the results of the IPSS questionnaire and the total volume or transition zone volume of the prostate, whereas the total score of the SPSS correlated with the total volume of the gland and transition zone volume (P = 0.0044 and P= 0.0051, respectively).


CONCLUSIONS
This study revealed the SPSS to correlate with objective findings satisfactorily. However, there are still several aspects of the SPSS which need to be improved upon, and the questionnaire should be studied in larger numbers of patients suffering from lower urinary tract symptoms.
Yano
Masataka
M
Department of Urology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya City, Japan.
Kitahara
Satoshi
S
Yasuda
Kosaku
K
Yamanishi
Tomonori
T
Nakai
Hideo
H
Yanagisawa
Ryouzo
R
Morozumi
Makoto
M
Homma
Yukio
Y
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014563:Urodynamics