2018 Dry Eye Diagnosis and Treatment Study

GENERAL DRY EYE DISEASE (NON-CONTACT LENS WEARERS)

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* 1. In what geographic region are you practicing?

North America—United States

North America—Other

South America

Europe

Asia

Australia

Africa

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* 2. What percentage of your non-contact lens-wearing patients have some form of dry eye? Please enter a whole number.

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* 3. Of your non-contact lens dry eye patients, what percentage have mild, moderate, and severe disease? Please note that the sum of your responses must equal 100%.

Mild

Moderate

Severe

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* 4. Of your non-contact lens dry eye patients, what percentage do you believe have evaporative dry eye and what percentage do you believe have aqueous deficient dry eye? Please note that the sum of your responses must equal 100%.

Aqueous Deficient

Evaporative

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* 5. Of your non-contact lens dry eye patients, what percentage do you believe have meibomian gland disease? Please enter your response as a whole percent.

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* 6. What is your preferred method in making a diagnosis of dry eye in non-contact lens wearers? Please indicate one response.

Symptom Assessment

Lid margin assessment (e.g., vascularization, collarettes)

Lid margin staining

Meibomian gland assessment (e.g., capped glands)

Meibomian gland expression

Tear quality assessment (e.g., debris, meniscus)

Tear breakup test

Corneal staining

Conjunctival staining

Schirmer/phenol red thread test

Osmolarity (TearLab)

MMP-9 (Inflammadry)

Other (please specify)

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* 7. How important is symptom assessment in making a diagnosis of dry eye in non-contact lens dry eye patients?

Essential – a diagnosis is made ONLY if the patient has symptoms

Very important

Moderately important

Minimally important

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* 8. Are you actively expressing the meibomian glands of your non-contact lens dry eye patients?

In most of my dry eye patients

In some of my dry eye patients

In none of my dry eye patients