Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Self-Rated Health Status Among Adults With and Without Disabilities—United States, 2004—2006

Antibiotic Treatment Response in Chronic Lyme Disease: Why Do Some Patients Improve While Others Do Not?

“…As Figure 2a illustrates, there is a substantial health status increase along the continuum between nonresponders and those who are well on the SRHS. Significantly, well patients report that their health status on the SRHS is comparable in all categories to the general population [26]. The importance of this cannot be over-stated because the fact that well patients compare favorably with the general population contradicts the conclusion by some researchers that antibiotic treatment of these patients is ineffective, regardless of the type or duration of treatment used.…”

“…Comparison of patient responses to these survey items reveals that patients fall along a continuum dependent upon their treatment response status (well, nonresponder, and high responder). For example, as shown in Figure 2a, on the SRHS, there is a substantial health status increase between nonresponders and those who are well-with the latter approaching the parameters of the general population (τb = 0.40, 95% CI (0.36, 0.44)) [26] (a) (b) Figure 2b reveals a similar pattern among the treatment response subgroups and the self-rated percentage of improvement since beginning treatment, with the percentage of reported improvement increasing from nonresponders to those who identify as well. These patients were presented with the survey question, "Compared to when I first began treatment, I currently feel .…”