When you attend the Paul Sykes Centre we would like you to bring some information with you that helps your Urology Consultant diagnose any possible problems and helps plan your treatment.
This booklet includes information about your appointment and questionnaires that we would like you to complete before you attend your appointment:
- Flow Rate Test information
- A Prostate Assessment Questionnaire
- Frequency Volume chart to be completed for three days
In addition to the information you provide, you may require a special test when you arrive in clinic called a ‘flow rate test’, this test is carried out by the nursing team and help the doctor to know how fast you can pass urine.
We ask you therefore to attend your appointment at the Paul Sykes clinic with your bladder comfortably full. This means you can have your flow rate test on arrival for your appointment, rather than waiting for your bladder to be full.
Flow Rate Test Information – frequently asked questions
What is a flow rate test?
As part of the investigations for your difficulty in passing urine, your doctor wishes to measure how fast you past urine (a maximum urine flow rate). This involves passing urine into as special device which measures electronically how fast your urine is expelled.
If you are required to complete this test, depending on how fast your bladder refills after emptying, you may need to remain in the clinic for a few hours. This simple test will be performed immediately before you see your urologist or specialist nurse to discuss the result or your x-rays and/or your ultrasound scans.
How should I prepare for a flow rate test?
Please try to come to your appointment in clinic with your bladder comfortably full. If you find it difficult to hold on when your bladder is full, please do not go to the toilet, inform the staff as soon as you arrive as we may take you straight through for your flow test.
If your bladder contains less than 150ml (quarter of a pint) the result of the test may be unsatisfactory and you will be required to drink more fluid and the test repeated which may lengthen your appointment.
Prostate Assessment Questionnaire
Please download the PDF file and complete the questionnaire. Please take this to your clinic appointment (if you haven’t received a paper copy).
Click here to download this resource as a PDF file