Development of a new product for DES treatment - your opinion counts!

[Laurent]

Hi!

I am an industrial design student, and my current project (master thesis) consists in developing a new medical device for MGD treatment.
This is a real world project, sponsored by an ophthalmologist, that will lead to the release to market of actual product.

Your experience of dry eyes would be very useful to me. A good understanding of your treatment habits, needs and expectations is capital to design a device that is convenient to use.
The following questionnaire should not take long to fill in (approx. 5 min) and is an opportunity to influence the design of an innovative treatment for your eyes!

The questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...ZGE0Z2k3YXc6MQ

Thank you very much for your time and cooperation.
If you face a problem when filling the questionnaire, please do not hesitate to make me aware of it!

Please note:
- this questionnaire is entirely anonymous
- none of the questions is compulsory (if you feel uncomfortable with a question, skip it)
- it was approved by my university ethics committee
- the resulting statistics might be published in an academic journal

[Laurent]

8 answers so far, thank you for those who filled in the form.
There are some very interesting answers and insights. Now I start to understand why what's in the market is not satisfactory, and I got a couple of ideas of alternative products that might be helpful.
I will post the concepts later on this thread to know your opinion on them. I don't want to post that too soon because it would introduce bias in the form...
... so, if you haven't done it yet, please fill the form!

Thank you again

PS: You have to go through the entire questionnaire and click the submit button, otherwise answers are not saved.

[Rebecca Petris]

The survey is very quick & easy - I would encourage all of you to participate. I love seeing opportunities for real live *serious* dry eye patients to give input directly to those developing treatments.

[PotatoCakes]

Bumping thread. Ditto Rebecca. Easy & quick, anonymous survey. The more scientists know about our needs, the better they will be able to provide solutions for us.

[Laurent]

Thank you for your support Potatocakes!
112 respondents in total so far, that becomes very helpful.
I already built some temporary statistics and some encouraging patterns/trends are appearing.

If you read this and have not answered yet, here is the way to go: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...ZGE0Z2k3YXc6MQ !
Many thanks!