Comparitive Study Of Visual Prostate Symptom Score And International Prostate Symptom Score In Evaluation Of Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms And Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and its correlation with Uroflowmetry
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- To Compare The Effectiveness Of Visual Prostate Symptom Score And International Prostate Symptom Score In Patients With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Secondary To Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (Luts) due To Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is common condition in men older than 40 years of age **.**The International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) is a useful and validated questionnaire To evaluate LUTS secondary To BPH .Most patients with a low education level are not able to answer the IPSS questionnaire correctly and may have to take assistance from the medical fraternity. Vanderwalt have developed an alternative questionnaire named “Visual Prostate Symptom Score (VPSS),†which assesses frequency,nocturia, weak Stream And Quality Of Life (Qol) By Means Of Pictograms
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Other
- Masking
- Not Applicable
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 40.00 Year(s) to 70.00 Year(s) (—)
- Sex
- Male
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patient who are willing to participate in the study.Patients Who Are Having Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Secondary To Benigh Prostatic Hyperplasia.Age Group – Above 40.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients With Uncontrolled Diabetes (Prostate-specific Antigen > 4 ng/dl).Patients With A History Of TURP and surgery for urethral or vesical calculus.Patients with chronic retention .
- •And Patients, On Evaluation, Found To Have LUTS Due To A Cause Other Than BPH.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
To Compare The Effectiveness Of Visual Prostate Symptom Score And International Prostate Symptom Score In Patients With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Secondary To Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Time Frame: 18 MONTHS
Secondary Outcomes
- To Compare And Study The Effectiveness Of Visual Prostate Symptom Score And International Prostate Symptom Score with uroflowmetry variables.To asses the need for assistance in completing the scoring sheets(18 months)