Table 3 HAM/TSP-bladder dysfunction symptom score (HAM-BDSS)
No | Symptom | Not at All | Less than 1 in 5 times | Less than half the time | About half the time | More than half the time | Almost always |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | In the past month, how often have you had to urinate less than every 2 h? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
None | 1 time | 2 times | 3 times | 4 times | 5 or more times | ||
2 | In the past month, how many times did you typically get up at night to urinate? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Not at all | Less than once a week | Once a week or more | About once a day | 2–4 times a day | 5 times a day or more | ||
3 | In the past week, how often do you have a sudden desire to urinate, which was difficult to defer? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
4 | In the past week, how often do you leak urine because you could not defer the sudden desire to urinate? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Score of storage symptoms | /20 | ||||||
Not at all | Less than 1 in 5 times | Less than half the time | About half the time | More than half the time | Almost always | ||
5 | In the past month, how often have you had the sensation of not completely emptying your bladder? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | In the past month, when urinating, how often have you found yourself to have stopped and then resumed several times? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
7 | In the past month, how often have you had a weak urinary stream? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
8 | In the past month, how often have you had to strain to start urination? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Score of voiding symptoms | /20 | ||||||
Total score | /40 | ||||||