No previously published literature systematically characterizes and reports the dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patient experience.

A holistic approach was used to capture, define, and organize the signs, symptoms, and impacts of dry AMD that are important to patients.

Thirty-five signs, symptoms, and impacts, 19 considered salient, were included in the final conceptual model, which can aid in the development of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that accurately reflect what it’s like to live with dry AMD from the patient perspective.