Urinary Symptoms in Patients with Prostatic Hyperplasia after an Educational Intervention

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the urinary symptomatology in patients with prostatic hyperplasia before and after an educational intervention aimed to change dietary habits. Methods: quasi-experimental study, 136 family medicine patients of external consultation were included. The urinary symptoms were evaluated with the International Prostate Symptom Score (ipss) instrument, before and after an educational intervention aimed to change dietary habits. The t of Student test was used for the analysis of the results. Results: the general average to apply the ipss instrument before the educational intervention was 16.13, while the average after such intervention was 11.73, this decrease showed improvement in prostatic symptoms (p<0.05). Conclusions: a decrease in the urinary symptomatology of patients with prostatic hyperplasia was observed after receiving educational intervention aimed to change dietary habits.