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Further studies confirm the authors' previous contention that patients suffering from the post-traumatic syndrome (PTS) do recover from this syndrome and return to full-time work before litigation is settled. Failure to have returned to work by the time of settlement indicates a bad prognosis, and such patients rarely return to work afterwards; the older the patient the worse the prognosis.
进一步的研究证实了作者之前的观点,即患有创伤后综合征(PTS)的患者确实能从该综合征中康复,并在诉讼解决之前恢复全职工作。在诉讼解决时仍未恢复工作表明预后不良,这类患者之后很少能恢复工作;患者年龄越大,预后越差。