The link I posted relates to the PACE trial. The comment from Dr Shepherd relates to recovery in the PACE trial i.e. we don't have that information on those who the investigators claimed recovered.I can see the article talks about lost employment. But I was talking about the PACE trial itself.
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‘It’s time for an independent review of the PACE Trial methods and results’ | Dr Charles Shepherd, Journal of Health Psychology | 10 April 2017
Information on return to some form of meaningful employment or education status was never sought. This was dismissed by the investigators as not being relevant.
Bit of a tangent to the discussion. Foggy Brain!