| IPSS | Total Patient’s (N-100) | Village (n = 51) | City (n = 49) | p | |||
| Over the past month | N - (%) | Mean ± DS | Mean Rank | Mean ± DS | Mean Rank | ||
| Incomplete emptying—How often have you had the sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you finished urinating? | Not at all | 4 (4) | 2.63 ± 1.371 | 55.52 | 2.14 ± 1.369 | 45.28 | 0.679 |
| Less than one time in five | 29 (29) | ||||||
| Less than half the time | 23 (23) | ||||||
| About half the time | 22 (22) | ||||||
| More than half the time | 12 (12) | ||||||
| Almost always | 10 (10) | ||||||
| Frequency—How often have you had to urinate again less than two hours after you finished urinating? | Not at all | 6 (6) | 2.61 ± 1.415 | 54.85 | 2.14 ± 1.307 | 45.97 | 0.203 |
| Less than one time in five | 27 (27) | ||||||
| Less than half the time | 23 (23) | ||||||
| About half the time | 15 (15) | ||||||
| More than half the time | 25 | ||||||
| Almost always | 4 | ||||||
| Intermittency—How often have you found you stopped and started again several times when you urinated? | Not at all | 3 | 3.14 ± 1.4 | 55.9 | 2.67 ± 1.214 | 44.79 | 0.338 |
| Less than one time in five | 13 | ||||||
| Less than half the time | 21 | ||||||
| About half the time | 30 | ||||||
| More than half the time | 19 | ||||||
| Almost always | 14 | ||||||
| Urgency – How often have you found it difficult to postpone urination? | Not at all | 10 | 2.78 ± 1.419 | 55.69 | 2.22 ± 1.558 | 45.1 | 0.364 |
| Less than one time in five | 22 | ||||||
| Less than half the time | 14 | ||||||
| About half the time | 24 | ||||||
| More than half the time | 21 | ||||||
| Almost always | 9 | ||||||
| Weak stream—How often have you had a weak urinary stream? | Not at all | 1 | 3.65 ± 1.547 | 55.32 | 3.35 ± 1.284 | 45.48 | 0.038 |
| Less than one time in five | 13 | ||||||
| Less than half the time | 13 | ||||||
| About half the time | 11 | ||||||
| More than half the time | 32 | ||||||
| Almost always | 30 | ||||||
| Straining—How often have you had to push or strain to begin urination? | Not at all | 3 | 3.61 ± 1.626 | 54.16 | 3.37 ± 1.395 | 46.69 | 0.49 |
| Less than one time in five | 10 | ||||||
| Less than half the time | 17 | ||||||
| About half the time | 11 | ||||||
| More than half the time | 23 | ||||||
| Almost always | 36 | ||||||
| Sleeping—How many times did you most typically get up to urinate from the time you went to bed at night until the time you got up in the morning? | None |
| 3.25 ± 1.278 | 54.79 | 2.9 ± 1.279 | 46.03 | 0.256 |
| One Time | 11 | ||||||
| Two Times | 28 | ||||||
| Three Times | 20 | ||||||
| Four Times | 24 | ||||||
| Five or More Times | 17 | ||||||