Table 1 Short-form of BPH-QLS (33-item scale)

Had to urinate again less than 2 hours after you finished urinating

Strong urge to urinate

Stop and start several times when you urinate?

Smaller or weaker force of your urinary stream

Had a sensation of not emptying bladder completely after urinating

Have to wait for urination to start

Dribbling and wetting pants a few minutes after finishing urinating

Getting up to urinate during the night

Have the symptoms of BPH brought trouble to your life?

Have you been worried that you would block up and not able to urinate?

How often have you worried about the urinary condition during the past 2 weeks?

Has the nocturia interfered with your sleep?

Has your sexual life been affected by the disease?

Do you feel uncomfortable when you going out or traveling, because of BPH?

If you have to spend the rest of your life with prostate symptoms just as they are now how would you feel about that?

Moving things heavier than 10 kg

Daily activities outside (e.g. shadowboxing)

To what extent can you take care of yourself

How about your sleep?

Have you given up some hobbies because of the illness?

Has your family life been interfered with by the illness?

Has your family responsibility been lost because of the illness?

Has the expectation from others fallen because of your illness?

Has your contact with friends reduced since your illness?

Have you been worried that therapy will cost so much money that you can't afford it?

Have you felt uneasy about your health?

Have you been worried about the outcome of the disease?

To what extent have you felt downhearted and depressed?

Do you look on yourself as a burden to the family and society?

Have you become more irritable than before?

Are you satisfied with your income?

Generally, are you satisfied with your health status?

How would you score your quality of life including five domains(disease, physical, social, psychological, satisfaction)?(full mark is 100)__________