IPSS / AUA Symptom Index (prostate / LUTS)

International Prostate Symptom Score / AUA Symptom Index: seven 0–5 symptom questions summed 0–35 (mild ≤ 7, moderate 8–19, severe 20–35), with a separate quality-of-life item reported alongside.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Incomplete emptying
2
Frequency
1
Intermittency
1
Urgency
1
Weak stream
1
Straining
1
Nocturia
1
Quality-of-life / bother
2

Result: IPSS 8/35 — moderate symptoms.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

Bands
0–7 mild, 8–19 moderate, 20–35 severe lower-urinary-tract symptoms.

What you enter

  • Incomplete emptying (0–5)
  • Frequency (0–5)
  • Intermittency (0–5)
  • Urgency (0–5)
  • Weak stream (0–5)
  • Straining (0–5)
  • Nocturia (0–5)
  • Quality-of-life / bother (0–6, reported separately)
How this is calculated
Scoring
Seven symptom questions each 0–5 summed 0–35. The separate quality-of-life item (0 delighted → 6 terrible) is reported alongside, not added into the total.

Barry MJ, Fowler FJ Jr, O’Leary MP, et al. The American Urological Association symptom index for benign prostatic hyperplasia. J Urol. 1992;148(5):1549-1557. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.