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Homogeneity Among the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score Questionnaires Used in Real Practice

PURPOSE: We analyzed whether any problems existed in terms of the homogeneity of the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) questionnaire used in real practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between July 2012 and August 2012, 48 Korean IPSS questionnaires used in real practice were collected. A...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jae Heon, Doo, Seung Whan, Yang, Won Jae, Song, Yun Seob
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Urological Association 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3630344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23614062
http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2013.54.4.249
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author Kim, Jae Heon
Doo, Seung Whan
Yang, Won Jae
Song, Yun Seob
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Doo, Seung Whan
Yang, Won Jae
Song, Yun Seob
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description PURPOSE: We analyzed whether any problems existed in terms of the homogeneity of the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) questionnaire used in real practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between July 2012 and August 2012, 48 Korean IPSS questionnaires used in real practice were collected. All the items on the questionnaire, including the quality of life (QoL) questions, were compared and we then determined the homogeneity of each question in comparison with the originally validated Korean version of the IPSS from 1996. RESULTS: Only 5 of 48 sources (10.4%) of the Korean IPSS totally corresponded with the original Korean version of the IPSS questionnaire. The consistency rate with the originally validated version was generally low for the answer choice items for each question, ranging from 16.6% for "less than half the time" to 35.4% for "almost always," with the exception of the item "not at all" (100.0%). The consistency rate was 60.4% for question 3 (intermittency) and 18.8% for question 6 (straining). No homogeneity was found in any of the QoL-related questions. The average consistency rate with the originally validated version was 42.2% and ranged from 22.9% for "unhappy" to the highest rate of 95.8% for "mostly satisfied." CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the originally validated Korean version of the IPSS, various Korean IPSS questionnaires used in real practice had significant problems in terms of homogeneity for both the questions and the answer choice items. Efforts are needed to ensure the uniform use of the validated Korean version of the IPSS questionnaire.
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spelling pubmed-36303442013-04-23 Homogeneity Among the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score Questionnaires Used in Real Practice Kim, Jae Heon Doo, Seung Whan Yang, Won Jae Song, Yun Seob Korean J Urol Original Article PURPOSE: We analyzed whether any problems existed in terms of the homogeneity of the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) questionnaire used in real practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between July 2012 and August 2012, 48 Korean IPSS questionnaires used in real practice were collected. All the items on the questionnaire, including the quality of life (QoL) questions, were compared and we then determined the homogeneity of each question in comparison with the originally validated Korean version of the IPSS from 1996. RESULTS: Only 5 of 48 sources (10.4%) of the Korean IPSS totally corresponded with the original Korean version of the IPSS questionnaire. The consistency rate with the originally validated version was generally low for the answer choice items for each question, ranging from 16.6% for "less than half the time" to 35.4% for "almost always," with the exception of the item "not at all" (100.0%). The consistency rate was 60.4% for question 3 (intermittency) and 18.8% for question 6 (straining). No homogeneity was found in any of the QoL-related questions. The average consistency rate with the originally validated version was 42.2% and ranged from 22.9% for "unhappy" to the highest rate of 95.8% for "mostly satisfied." CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the originally validated Korean version of the IPSS, various Korean IPSS questionnaires used in real practice had significant problems in terms of homogeneity for both the questions and the answer choice items. Efforts are needed to ensure the uniform use of the validated Korean version of the IPSS questionnaire. The Korean Urological Association 2013-04 2013-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3630344/ /pubmed/23614062 http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2013.54.4.249 Text en © The Korean Urological Association, 2013 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kim, Jae Heon
Doo, Seung Whan
Yang, Won Jae
Song, Yun Seob
Homogeneity Among the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score Questionnaires Used in Real Practice
title Homogeneity Among the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score Questionnaires Used in Real Practice
title_full Homogeneity Among the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score Questionnaires Used in Real Practice
title_fullStr Homogeneity Among the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score Questionnaires Used in Real Practice
title_full_unstemmed Homogeneity Among the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score Questionnaires Used in Real Practice
title_short Homogeneity Among the Korean International Prostate Symptom Score Questionnaires Used in Real Practice
title_sort homogeneity among the korean international prostate symptom score questionnaires used in real practice
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3630344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23614062
http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2013.54.4.249
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