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

Phase 1

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Urinary tract infection, site notspecified,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/02/031457
• Lead Sponsor: R VEERAPPAN

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-22
• Study Start: 2021-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 100

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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	18 MONTHS

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute; 🇮🇳 Kancheepuram, TAMIL NADU, India

Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute

🇮🇳Kancheepuram, TAMIL NADU, India

RVEERAPAN

Principal investigator

9884680991

veerakmc@gmail.com