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Practice Resources
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The information and links below are provided as a service to our patients.
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| The Urology Society of America |
The Urology Society of America, founded in March 2000, is a new society for urologists, their clinical staff and administrative staff. Currently USA membership is in excess of 1500. If you would like more information, please use the contact information listed below or go to our website as listed:
Online Patient Resources
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We are committed to providing our patients with the best quality of care and patient education resources.
We invested in a state of the art online service that provides our patients with unlimited access to a personalized
Patient Health Center. Our Patient Health Center includes a vast library of patient education, wellness resources,
support groups, recommended reading, and links to medical society, medical business and government websites.
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If you do not have access to your personalized Health Center, we encourage you to ask us for your Patient Prescription
Form to take advantage of this service.
If you already have your Patient Prescription Form,
click here.
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| Information on Diseases & Treatments |
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| BPH Symptom Index Questionnaire |
American
Urological Association
BPH Symptom Index Questionnaire |
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Write the number that best applies to you for each question. |
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Not at all |
Less than 1 time in 5 |
Less than 1/2 the time |
About 1/2 the time |
More than 1/2 the time |
Almost
always |
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1.Over the last month or so, how often have you had a sensation of not emptying
your bladder completely after you finished urinating? |
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1 |
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4 |
5 |
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2. During the last month or so, how often have you had to urinate again less than
two hours after you finished urinating? |
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5 |
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3. During the last month or so, how often have you stopped and started again
several times when you urinated? |
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5 |
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4. During the last month or so, how often have you found it difficult to postpone
urination? |
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5 |
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During the last month or so, how often have you had a weak urinary stream? |
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During the last month or so, how often have you had to push or strain to begin urination? |
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None |
1 time |
2 times |
3 times |
4 times |
5 times or more |
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7. During the last 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? |
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Add the score for each of the 7 numbers above and write down the total.
Total_______
SYMPTOM SCORE = 1-7 Mild
8-19 Moderate
20-35 Severe |
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| Erection Questionnaire |
A man''s ability to convey the quality of their erections are subjective.This
questionnaire will give us a better idea of your concept of your sexual capabilities, over the last 6
months.Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability.
| How do you rate your confidence that you
could get and keep an erection? |
No Sexual Activity 0 |
Very Low
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Low
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Moderate
3 |
High
4 |
Very High
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| When you had
erections with sexual stimulation, how often were your erections hard enough for
penetration? |
No
Sexual
Activity 0 |
Almost
never /never
1 |
A few times
2 |
Sometimes
3 |
Most
times
4 |
Almost
always/always
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| During sexual
intercourse, how often were you able to maintain your erection after you had
penetrated(entered) your partner? |
Did not
attempt intercourse
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Almost
never /never
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A few times
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Sometimes
3 |
Most
times
4 |
Almost
always/always
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| During sexual
intercourse, how difficult was it to maintain your erection to completion of intercourse? |
Did not
attempt intercourse
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Extremely
difficult
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Very difficult
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Difficult
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Slightly
difficult
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Not difficult
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| When you
attempted sexual intercourse, how often was it satisfactory for you? |
Did not
attempt intercourse
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Almost
never/never
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A few times
2 |
Sometimes
3 |
Most times
4 |
Almost always/always
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