Table 22-1. Questionnaire for American Urological Association Symptom Score

Table 22-1. Questionnaire for American Urological Association Symptom Score.
	AUA Score
URINARY SYMPTOMS (SYMPTOM SCORE CRITERIA)	Not at all	Less than 1 time in 5	Less than half the time	About half the time	More than half the time	Almost always
1. Incomplete emptying	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finished urinating?
2. Frequency	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you had to urinate again less than two hours after you finished urinating?
3. Intermittency	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you found you stopped and started again several times when you urinate?
4. Urgency	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you found it difficult to postpone urination?
5. Weak stream	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream?
6. Straining	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination?	None	1 time	2 times	3 times	4 times	5 or more times
7. Nocturia	0	1	2	3	4	5
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?
AUA Symptom Score = sum of questions A1 to A7
QUALITY OF LIFE DUE TO URINARY PROBLEMS
	Delighted	Pleased	Mostly satisfied	Mixed—about equally satisfied and unsatisfied	Mostly dissatisfied	Unhappy	Terrible
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?	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Source: McConnell JD: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Diagnosis and Treatment. Clinical Practice Guideline No. 8. AHCPR Publication No. 94-0582. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Public Health Serivce, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1994.

Table 22-1. Questionnaire for American Urological Association Symptom Score.
	AUA Score
URINARY SYMPTOMS (SYMPTOM SCORE CRITERIA)	Not at all	Less than 1 time in 5	Less than half the time	About half the time	More than half the time	Almost always
1. Incomplete emptying	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finished urinating?
2. Frequency	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you had to urinate again less than two hours after you finished urinating?
3. Intermittency	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you found you stopped and started again several times when you urinate?
4. Urgency	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you found it difficult to postpone urination?
5. Weak stream	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream?
6. Straining	0	1	2	3	4	5
Over the past month, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination?	None	1 time	2 times	3 times	4 times	5 or more times
7. Nocturia	0	1	2	3	4	5
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?
AUA Symptom Score = sum of questions A1 to A7
QUALITY OF LIFE DUE TO URINARY PROBLEMS
	Delighted	Pleased	Mostly satisfied	Mixed—about equally satisfied and unsatisfied	Mostly dissatisfied	Unhappy	Terrible
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?	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Source: McConnell JD: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Diagnosis and Treatment. Clinical Practice Guideline No. 8. AHCPR Publication No. 94-0582. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Public Health Serivce, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1994.