Introduction:

Benign prostatic hyperplasia constitutes a first-level healthcare concern, due to its high prevalence among men.

Objective:

To identify the presence of lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia and its impact on the quality of life of men aged 50 years or older, without a previous diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia, who attended the health center of Javier Loyola Parish.

Methods:

Cross-sectional descriptive study carried out between November 2018 and January 2019, which included all the patients (106) who attended the health center of Javier Loyola Parish and agreed to complete the International Prostate Symptom Scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the chi-square test.

Results:

35.3% of the participants belonged to the age group from 40 to 50 years. The presence was observed of mild (38.8%), moderate (39.7%) and severe (21.5%) lower urinary tract symptoms. There was a prevalence of unemployed (22.4%), bricklayers (23.3%), hypertensive (26.7%), diabetic (17.2%) and obese (14.7%) participants. The severity of the lower urinary tract symptoms was not significantly associated with the type of occupation. 61.2% of patients had mild or severe lower urinary tract symptoms and 56.8% perceived that their quality of life was affected, in some way, by lower urinary tract symptoms.

Conclusions:

There is concern about the high percentage of participants with mild or severe lower urinary tract symptoms, without a previous diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia, and with some perception that their quality of life is affected is. The severity of lower urinary tract symptoms increased with age but not with other factors, except occupation.

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