Textbook for urology residents in medical schools

There is not necessity of all symptoms for the diagnosis. But the patient’s complaint for urgency of urination, which is a key symptom, should be mandatory. Detection of urgency is not complicated diagnostic test; data could be easily obtained from the patient`s history. Questionnaire - surveys of patient’s clinical status provide invaluable assistance. They reflect the subjective opinion of a patient about his condition. At the same time, the personal assessment is an objective clinical criteria for the clinician. At the present stage following questionnaires: OAB symptom assessment scale (Homma, 2003), urgency severity scale - IUSS (Bowden 2003), prostate symptoms scale IPSS are popular