McMonnies' Dry Eye Questionairre

1. Have you ever had drops or other treatments prescribed for Dry Eyes?

• Yes 2
  
• No 1
  
• Uncertain 0
  

2. Do you ever experience any of the following dry eye symptoms:

• Soreness 1
  
• Scratchiness 1
  
• Dryness 1
  
• Grittiness 1
  
• Itching 1
  

3. How often do your eyes have these symptoms?

• Never 0
• Sometimes 1
• Often 2
• Constantly 3

4. Are your eyes usually sensitive to cigarette smoke, air conditioning or central heating?

• Yes 2
  
• No 0
  
• Sometimes 1
  

5. Do you eyes become very red when swimming?

• Not applicable 0
  
• Yes 2
  
• No 0
  
• Sometimes 1
  

6. Are your eyes dry or irritated the day after drinking alcohol?

• Not applicable 0
  
• Yes 2
  
• No 0
  
• Sometimes 1
  

7.  Do you take anti-histamine tablets?

• Yes 1
  
• No 0
  

8. Do you use Anti-histamine eye drops?

• Yes 1
  
• No 0
  

9. Do you take diuretics? (fluid/water tablets)

• Yes 1
  
• No 0
  

10. Do you suffer from Arthritis?

• Yes 2
  
• No 0
  
• Uncertain 1
  

11. Do you suffer from dryness of the nose, mouth, throat, chest or vagina?

• Never 0
• Sometimes 1
• Often 2
• Constantly 3

12. Do you suffer from thyroid abnormalities?

• Yes 2
  
• No 0
  
• Uncertain 1
  

13. Are you known to sleep with your eyes partly open?

• Yes 2
  
• No 0
  
• Sometimes 1
  

14. Do you have eye irritation on waking from sleep?

• Yes 2
  
• No 0
  
• Sometimes 1
  

Gender:                            Age                                  Score
Male or Female                Under 25                         0
Male                                  25-45                               1
Female                              25-45                               2
Male                                  Over 45                           3
Female                              Over 45                           4

This questionnaire was developed in the 1980's by McMonnies' & Ho. It is used to evaluate the presence of dry eye.

Answer the questions as honestly as possible and the add up the score of your answers. A score of above 10 will indicate the presence of dry eye, however, a score of over 20 will indicate clinically significant dry eye.

This simple test will indicate the presence of a dry eye problem but will only give a crude measure of it's severity. If you would like to classify the severity in more detail please click below to be taken to the Ocular Surface Disease Score questionnaire.

OSDI