Urological and Genital Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
patients aged 40 years or older presenting with LUTS completed Arabic IPSS questionnaires.
patients aged 40 years or older presenting with LUTS completed VPSS questionnaires.
Sponsors
Tanta University Faculty of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Male patients aged 40 years or older presenting with LUTS as their chief complaint were consecutively recruited.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorders, visual impairment, illiteracy, bladder capacity less than 150 mL, underactive bladder, indwelling catheter or suprapubic cystostomy, active urinary tract infection, or voided volume less than 150 mL on uroflowmetry.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| was the strength of correlation between VPSS and IPSS total scores, quantified by Spearman's correlation coefficient (rs), and the degree of agreement between the two instruments assessed by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and weighted kappa statistics for symptom severity categorization (mild, moderate, and severe). A priori thresholds were defined as rs = 0.60 for moderate correlation and weighted kappa = 0.61 for substantial agreement. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1) the proportion of patients requiring external assistance to complete each questionnaire; (2) mean completion time (minutes) for the VPSS versus IPSS; (3) patient-reported instrument preference when offered a direct choice between the two questionnaires; and (4) comparison of education level between patients who required assistance and those who completed the questionnaires independently. | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactAhmed Eissa
Lecturer
Outcome results
None listed