Your Survey Doctor DOCS result contains four 0-to-20 domain scores and a 0-to-80 total. Higher numbers mean more burden reported over the last month. Survey Doctor uses the official form and shows the numbers without a severity label.
The quick answer
The form has five questions in each domain:
| Domain | Score range | What the questions ask about |
|---|---|---|
| Contamination | 0-20 | Time, avoidance, distress, disruption, and difficulty |
| Responsibility for harm | 0-20 | The same five kinds of burden in this symptom area |
| Unacceptable thoughts | 0-20 | The same five kinds of burden in this symptom area |
| Symmetry | 0-20 | The same five kinds of burden in this symptom area |
| Total | 0-80 | The four domain scores added together |
The total is not a diagnosis. It also cannot tell you why an experience is happening or what care would fit.
How the form works
The official DOCS form begins each domain with a description and examples. Five questions follow. The introductions define which experiences a person should consider before answering.
Your own concerns do not have to match the examples. The form asks you to rate your experiences in that area even when they look different.
Read the domains as well as the total
Two totals of 24 can describe very different answers. One person may have most points in contamination, while another may have smaller scores across all four domains.
Bring the domain pattern to a clinical conversation. It shows where the form recorded time, avoidance, distress, disruption, or difficulty with control. The total alone hides that detail.
A low total does not mean that help is unnecessary. One concentrated concern can matter when it takes time or disrupts daily life.
Why no severity label appears
The 2010 development study reported two total-score cutoffs. A total of 21 best separated people with OCD from people with other anxiety disorders. It correctly classified about 70% of each group. A total of 18 best separated people with OCD from an unscreened group of college students. It correctly classified about 78% of each group.
Those numbers answered different screening questions in specific samples. They did not create universal Mild, Moderate, or Severe bands, so Survey Doctor does not label DOCS scores. You should still see the four domain numbers and total.
If you repeat the questionnaire
Use the same form and last-month timeframe. Compare each domain as well as the total.
A change describes different answers. It does not prove that treatment caused the change, and small movement may reflect a different week, setting, or reading of a question.
What to do next
Talk with a doctor or therapist if intrusive thoughts, rituals, avoidance, reassurance seeking, or checking take time or interfere with daily life. You do not need to wait for a particular score.
Bring the result and examples of what happens outside the questionnaire. The number can organize that conversation, but it cannot replace it.
DOCS and OCI-R are different
The OCI-R has 18 questions, six symptom-area scores, and a 0-to-72 total. DOCS uses four broader domains and a different response task. Their totals cannot be converted.
Read what your OCI-R score means if that is the questionnaire on your result.
The bottom line
Use the four domains and total as a record of what you reported for the last month. Read them alongside your own examples, not as a severity label.