THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF A NEW QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PROSTATIC SYMPTOM SCORING, THE SPSS (SAITAMA PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE) AND ITS VALUE COMPARING TO THE IPSS (INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE)

Clinical characteristics of patients with and without CP. BPH BPH+CP p Age (mean) (years) 68.1 67.7 0.793 Symptom score (mean) 23.2 22.6 0.636 Qol score (mean) 4.9 4.9 0.931 Nocturia (mean) 3.1 3.6 0.147 PSA mean (ng/ml) 3.8 3.3 0.947 Symptom duration (mean) (years) 3 3 0.992 Prostate weight (mean) (grams) 53.8 56.3 0.328 % resected tissue (mean) 42.1 42.2 0.962 Urinary retention rate (%) 34.3 39.6 0.208