Have you experienced any of the following during the last week?

Have problems with your eyes limited you in performing any of the following during the last week?

Have your eyes felt uncomfortable in any of the following situations during the last week?

Your Score:

In order to obtain your score, please answer all questions.

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0-12 is normal

13-22 - Mild Dry eye disease

23-32 - Moderate dry eye disease

Above 33 - Severe dry eye disease

Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) Version 1

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About OSDI and how it can help YOU

What is it? OSDI is a simple 12-question survey that rates the severity of your dry eye disease based on your symptoms. OSDI stands for the “Ocular Surface Disease Index”. It has been scientifically validated and has been used in clinical trials for dry eye drugs, devices and other remedies for more than 20 years.

Why should I use it? Have you ever had difficulty explaining to your eye doctor how your eyes feel and how much dry eye is affecting your daily life? That’s what a symptom scorer like OSDI can help with. It moves the conversation from subjective language to objective numbers. Communicating your symptoms in numbers helps ensure that your symptoms get taken seriously and are addressed. (Imagine if how your eyes felt mattered as much as your Schirmer or TBUT or osmolarity or meibography scores!) A symptom score is an important catalyst for conversations with your doctor about exactly where you’re at and where you want to be. Using this scorer regularly is also a key way to rate your progress after starting a treatment. How many of us can remember accurately how we felt a month, two months, three months, six months ago? A history of OSDI scores can give you a clearer view of where you’ve been and where you are now. Do I stay the course? Redirect? Maybe need more help? Using your symptom ‘trend line’ can help guide you and your doctor through these decisions.

Is it the only one? No! Today, there are several other “symptom surveys” available, such as McMonnies, SPEED, IDEEL and SANDE. They each have their strengths. We recommend OSDI because it is well known, scientifically validated, very simple and quick to use, and readily available. We believe it is the simplest, most convenient way to get started using a symptom score.

Is your doctor using a symptom scorer? One of the marks of a dry eye specialist is that they will always have their patients fill out a symptom survey of some kind at every visit – it’s key to assessing not only where you are today, but whether your treatments are working to your satisfaction. If your doctor has not started using a survey yet, please take the initiative and bring this need to their attention. In doing so, you may end up helping more people than just yourself when your doctor starts offering this to their other patients!

Using OSDI is one of many ways that every one of us can take part in the process of raising the standard of care in dry eye, and improving futures for all of us. For more ideas, click here.