International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Module (ICIQ-MLUTS)

Summary:
The ICIQ-MLUTS is a questionnaire for evaluating male lower urinary tract symptoms and impact on quality of life (QoL) in research and clinical practice across the world. The ICIQ-MLUTS is derived from the fully validated ICSmaleSF questionnaire.

Number of items: 13

Question items:

• Hesitancy
• Straining to continue urination
• Strength of stream
• Intermittency
• Incomplete emptying
• Urgency
• Urge urinary incontinence
• Stress urinary incontinence
• Unexplained urinary incontinence
• Nocturnal enuresis
• Post micturition dribble
• Nocturia
• Frequency

Associated publications:
Donovan J, Peters T, Abrams P, Brooks S, de la Rosette J, Schafer W. Scoring the short form ICSmale SF questionnaire. J Urol. 2000; 164(6):1948-1955

Level of validation according to ICI grades of recommendation:
Grade A
Validity, reliability and responsiveness established with rigour in several data sets

Suggested modules to use in conjuction:

• ICIQ-MLUTSsex – Gender-specific sexual matters module
• ICIQ-MLUTS Long Form – Gender-specific symptom module with more detailed assessment
• ICIQ-LUTSqol – Condition-specific quality of life module

Completion time:
4-5 mins

Scoring:
0-20 voiding symptoms subscale
0-24 incontinence symptoms subscale
Bother scales are not incorporated in the overall score but indicate impact of individual symptoms for the patient

Available languages:
Belgian • Dutch • Bahasa (Indonesia) • Belgian French • Brazilian Portuguese • Canadian English • Canadian French • Czech • Danish • Dutch • Finnish • French • German • Hungarian • Italian • Korean • Norwegian • Persian • Polish • Slovak • Spanish • Swedish •Thai • UK English