ABSTRACT
There are a variety of patient reported outcome (PRO) measures available for use in clinical practice and research that assess a broad range of concepts. It would be unusual for any clinical study of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) to not include at least one PRO questionnaire. This chapter will cover three types of PRO namely health related quality of life symptom bother, and urgency specific measures. Screener satisfaction goal assessment tools are described in chapter 14. PROs to evaluate sexual and bowel dysfunction are described in chapters 15 and 16. There is inevitable overlap between this chapter that regarding the International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI) modular questionnaire wherever possible repetition has been avoided. If the reader is using this chapter to select a questionnaire for use in a clinical study it is important that this chapter is read with reference also to the other chapters regarding PROs. The design validation usage of PROs has been described in detail by Coyne and Sexton in chapter 12 and will not be repeated here. All of the questionnaires included in this chapter are largely Grade A or B as outlined in the recently published Fourth International Consultation on Incontinence (1) . For the sake of clarity, the grading of questionnaires adopted from the ICI fourth consultation is outlined below. To the extent that it is possible, it is advisable to use questionnaires of the highest possible grade providing they meet the requirements of the study or evaluation undertaken ( Table 13.1 ).
