Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Introduction. Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is the most common problem in men with age and can reduce quality of life due to various complaints on micturition.
Method. This study was a cross sectional study conducted in May-July 2018 at the Urology Outpatient Clinic, Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Hospital Palembang and 36 samples were obtained. The technique of data collection was done by filling out the questionnaire. Analysis of data in the form of descriptive for general characteristics and correlation analysis used is the Spearman Rank test correlation.
Results: The most prevalence of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) occurred in the age group 71-80 years as many as 12 patients (33.3%). BPH patients who came with the most LUTS experienced severe degrees of International Prostatic Symptomatic Score (IPSS) (24 patients, 66.7%). There were 16 patients (44.4%) felt their quality of life was very poor. Spearman Rank correlation test showed no significant relationship between IPSS with the quality of life of patients with BPH with LUTS (p> 0.05, r = 0.073)
Conclusion. There was no significant relationship between IPSS with the quality of life of BPH patients with LUTS.
Keywords
Article Details
Authors retain copyright and grant Sriwijaya Journal of Surgery the non-exclusive right of first publication.
The journal’s publishing license is Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Reuse requires appropriate attribution, must be non-commercial, and adaptations must be shared under the same license.
Authors may deposit their submitted manuscript, accepted manuscript, and published version without an embargo, with acknowledgement of the journal and a link to the version of record.
See the Copyright and Licensing Policy for details.