Sriwijaya Journal of Surgery
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2019): Sriwijaya Journal of Surgery

Relationship Between IPSS (International Prostatic Symptomatic Score) and Quality of Life in Patients with LUTS (Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms)

Irfansyah (Unknown)
Didit Pramudhito (Faculty of medicine Sriwijaya University)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Dec 2019

Abstract

ABSTRACT Introduction. Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is the most common problem in men with age and can reduce quality of life due to various complaints on micturition. Method. This study was a cross sectional study conducted in May-July 2018 at the Urology Outpatient Clinic, Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Hospital Palembang and 36 samples were obtained. The technique of data collection was done by filling out the questionnaire. Analysis of data in the form of descriptive for general characteristics and correlation analysis used is the Spearman Rank test correlation. Results: The most prevalence of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) occurred in the age group 71-80 years as many as 12 patients (33.3%). BPH patients who came with the most LUTS experienced severe degrees of International Prostatic Symptomatic Score (IPSS) (24 patients, 66.7%). There were 16 patients (44.4%) felt their quality of life was very poor. Spearman Rank correlation test showed no significant relationship between IPSS with the quality of life of patients with BPH with LUTS (p> 0.05, r = 0.073) Conclusion. There was no significant relationship between IPSS with the quality of life of BPH patients with LUTS.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sjs

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

SRIWIJAYA JOURNAL OF SURGERY Sriwijaya Journal of Surgery (SJS) is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year (June and December) by Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, Indonesia. SJS is intended to be the journal for publishing articles reporting the ...