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Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)

Screening, not diagnosis. The IPSS / AUA-SI is the validated questionnaire urologists use to gauge BPH symptom severity. Answers stay on this device — no upload, no account. Saving the score is opt-in.

Over the past month, answer the 7 symptom questions plus 1 quality-of-life question. Your total score puts you in mild, moderate, or severe categories.

Over the past month, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finished urinating?

Over the past month, how often have you had to urinate again less than two hours after you finished urinating?

Over the past month, how often have you stopped and started again several times when you urinated?

Over the past month, how often have you found it difficult to postpone urination?

Over the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream?

Over the past month, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination?

Over the past month, how many times did you most typically get up to urinate from the time you went to bed at night until the time you got up in the morning?

QoL

If you were to spend the rest of your life with your urinary condition just the way it is now, how would you feel about that?

Save score to history (opt-in)

About the IPSS. Developed in 1992 by the AUA Measurement Committee, validated in thousands of patients across decades. The 7-question total correlates well with quality-of-life impact and with objective urodynamic measures. Score categories (mild ≤7, moderate 8-19, severe ≥20) are the clinically-accepted thresholds for treatment-decision discussions. Symptoms overlap with bladder cancer, prostate cancer, UTI, and neurologic conditions — a high score doesn't diagnose BPH, it just signals the conversation is worth having. Blood in urine, severe pain, or sudden inability to urinate are not "screen and watch" symptoms — see a doctor.

Read the guide

The IPSS — How Urologists Rate BPH Symptoms

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About Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)

The validated AUA-SI / IPSS questionnaire for BPH symptoms. 7 questions + QoL. Screening, not diagnosis.

Like every tool on Buncha, this one runs entirely in your browser. There's no upload, no log, no record of what you've pasted or generated. Close the tab and the data is gone.

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