Participant 01 is a 63 year old professional\ He is divorced, but currently lives with a long-term partner. He has no children. He had noticed the need to urinate more frequently than others since he was nineteen years old, but over the past six months had been aware of additional symptoms: urgency, weak stream and nocturia. He was referred to the clinic following a general check-up by his GP.
Participant 02 is a 57 year old, university educated, senior civil servant. He lives with a long-term partner and has no children. He first noticed symptoms of nocturia about four or five years ago. About a year ago these symptoms worsened and he noticed additional symptoms: hesitancy, weak stream and
frequency. He was referred to the clinic after approaching his GP specifically about the symptoms.
Participant 03 is a 57 year old, recently unemployed professional\ He is married with young children. He first noticed nocturia, hesitancy and intermittency about two or three years ago and was referred to the clinic after mentioning symptoms during an annual hospital check-up for Hodgkin’s disease.
Participant 04 is a retired, 71 year old, manual worker. He was widowed twelve years ago and currently lives with his adult son. He first noticed symptoms of frequency twelve years ago, shortly after his wife died and was given medication about two years later, which appeared to reduce the frequency. Gradually over the past ten years other symptoms (intermittency, urgency, weak stream and straining) had emerged. He was referred to the clinic after a rectal examination, in A&E following a fall, revealed a slightly enlarged prostate.
P articipant 05 is a 60 year old, self-employed professional. He is divorced, but has a long-term partner of ten years. He first noticed symptoms of incomplete emptying and urgency about five years ago. He was referred to the clinic after approaching his GP specifically about the symptoms.
Participant 06 is a 63 year old, unemployed professional. He is divorced, but currently lives with a long-term partner. He first noticed symptoms of weak stream about ten years ago and had annual check-ups thereafter. Symptoms of
weak stream, plus frequency and intermittency, worsened about two years ago and he was referred to the clinic following a change from a private to an NHS GP (due to unemployment).
Participant 07 is a 63 year old, white American, professional\ He is divorced, but currently has a long-term partner. He first noticed symptoms of nocturia, frequency and incomplete emptying about one and half years ago, but was reassured by GP investigations at that time. He was referred to the clinic when the symptoms worsened about 6 months ago.
Participant 08 is a retired, 65 year old, skilled manual worker. He is married with adult children living at home. He had never noticed any symptoms, but was offered the blood test (PSA) by a well-informed GP and was referred to clinic about six months ago after the results returned inconclusive on two separate occasions. He has noticed symptoms of urgency, intermittency and weak stream since then.
Participant 09 is a retired, 65 year old, senior civil servant. He lives with a long term partner. He first noticed symptoms of nocturia about five years ago. He was referred to the clinic after a rectal examination, following a hernia operation, revealed a slightly enlarged prostate. Since then he has noticed some symptoms of incomplete emptying, urgency and weak stream.
Participant 10 is a retired, 75 year old, manual worker. He is married. He first noticed symptoms of nocturia about a year ago and was referred to the clinic by his GP following a check-up for another health problem. He said he had no other symptoms, but on the questionnaire endorsed frequency, intermittency and weak stream.
Participant 11 is a 61 year old, married, professional^ He first noticed symptoms of frequency about ten years ago and visited his GP at that time, but did not follow it up. Symptoms worsened about a year ago to include incomplete emptying, urgency, weak stream and nocturia. He was referred to the clinic after approaching his GP specifically about the symptoms.
Participant 12 is a retired, 80 year old, professional. He was widowed three and a half years ago and currently lives alone. He first noticed symptoms of frequency, nocturia and urgency after retiring about sixteen years ago. Since then he had not noticed any worsening of symptoms. He was referred to the clinic about three months ago, following a check-up for other health problems.
Participant 13 is a 56 year old, self-employed shop owner. He is married. He first noticed symptoms of urgency and intermittency about a year ago. He was referred to the clinic after routine a check-up by his GP for another health problem.
Participant 14 is a 62 year old, self-employed professional^ He lives with a long-term partner. He noticed a change in his orgasm and nocturia about a year ago and was referred to the clinic following a check-up by his GP.
Participant 15 is a 75 year old self-employed professional. He is married. He said he had not noticed his pattern of urination to be any different than it had been all his life. He was referred to the clinic after an annual GP check-up, where a blood test revealed elevated levels of prostate specific antigen.
Participant 16 is a 58 year old unemployed manual worker. He is married. He first noticed symptoms of nocturia about two years ago and was referred to the clinic after his GP initiated a blood test, which revealed slightly elevated levels of prostate specific antigen.