Table 1

Analysis of DED aspects across the four countries

		Australia (%)	Germany (%)	UK (%)	USA (%)
Treatment satisfaction	Treatment effectiveness on symptoms of dry eye	100	100	84	100
	How quickly the treatment starts to relieve symptoms	74	77	100	92
	Time until the treatment starts helping the underlying disease and my tear glands become heathy again	61	58	75	87
	How long the treatment reduces symptoms for	52	55	66	81
	Treatment effectiveness on underlying disease (signs) of dry eye	62	53	68	78
	Side effects of treatment	37	42	44	67
	Treatment experience	55	33	50	64
Symptom bother	Eye sensitivity	91	100	81	81
	Eye discomfort	100	72	100	100
	Eye pain	69	59	73	90
	Vision	70	53	67	69
	Eye fatigue	71	53	86	77
	Eye appearance	60	36	61	63
	Blinking	50	36	46	61
	Other health-related impacts	26	25	38	42
Treatment administration	Frequency of treatment use	100	100	86	69
	How the treatment works	72	74	100	100
	How the medicine is applied	69	71	80	72
	Source of medication	33	58	58	56
	Packaging of the treatment	22	27	24	35
Impact on daily life	Impact on work or paperwork and screen-based tasks	90	100	93	86
	Impact on daily activities	100	98	98	100
	Impact on daily situations	94	87	100	90
	Emotional impact	76	70	92	77
	Treatment inconvenience	47	63	76	64