Clinical characteristics of subjects
| Characteristics | Total | "Continuously-Employed" | "Employed-Unemployed" | P values |
| Participants, n (%) | 193 (100.0) | 145 (75.1) | 48 (24.9) | |
| NIHSS at admission, n (%) | 0.527 | |||
| Mild (0–2) | 157 (81.3) | 120 (82.8) | 37 (77.1) | |
| Moderate (3–15) | 35 (18.1) | 24 (16.6) | 11 (22.9) | |
| Severe (16–42) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| NIHSS at discharge, n (%) | 0.230 | |||
| Mild (0–2) | 165 (85.5) | 127 (87.6) | 38 (79.2) | |
| Moderate (3–15) | 28 (14.5) | 18 (12.4) | 10 (20.8) | |
| Severe (16–42) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Functional outcomes at 3 months | ||||
| NIHSS, n (%) | 0.019* | |||
| Mild (0–2) | 178 (92.2) | 138 (95.2) | 40 (83.3) | |
| Moderate (3–15) | 15 (7.8) | 7 (4.8) | 8 (16.7) | |
| Severe (16–42) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| mRS, n (%) | 0.041* | |||
| No symptoms at all (0) | 72 (37.3) | 59 (40.7) | 13 (27.1) | |
| No significant disability (1) | 97 (50.3) | 74 (51.0) | 23 (47.9) | |
| Slight disability (2) | 16 (8.3) | 8 (5.5) | 8 (16.7) | |
| Moderate disability (3) | 5 (2.6) | 2 (1.4) | 3 (6.2) | |
| Moderate to severe disability (4) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (2.1) | |
| Severe disability (5) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| FMA (total affected side), n (%) | 0.066 | |||
| Normal (100) | 136 (70.5) | 109 (75.2) | 27 (56.2) | |
| Slight (96–99) | 37 (19.2) | 21 (14.5) | 16 (33.3) | |
| Moderate (85–95) | 10 (5.2) | 8 (5.5) | 2 (4.2) | |
| Marked (50–84) | 7 (3.6) | 5 (3.4) | 2 (4.2) | |
| Severe (0~49) | 3 (1.6) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (2.1) | |
| FMA (total unaffected side) | 0.235 | |||
| Normal (100) | 166 (86.0) | 127 (87.6) | 39 (81.2) | |
| Slight (96–99) | 19 (9.8) | 14 (9.7) | 5 (10.4) | |
| Moderate (85–95) | 8 (4.1) | 4 (2.8) | 4 (8.3) | |
| Marked (50–84) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Severe (0~49) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| FAC, n (%) | 0.013* | |||
| 1 | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (2.1) | |
| 2 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 3 | 4 (2.1) | 3 (2.1) | 1 (2.1) | |
| 4 | 17 (8.8) | 7 (4.8) | 10 (20.8) | |
| 5 | 169 (87.6) | 133 (91.7) | 36 (75.0) | |
| K-MMSE, n (%) | 0.004** | |||
| Normal (25–30) | 162 (83.9) | 129 (89.0) | 33 (68.8) | |
| Mild (21–24) | 16 (8.3) | 8 (5.5) | 8 (16.7) | |
| Moderate (11–20) | 15 (7.8) | 8 (5.5) | 7 (14.6) | |
| Severe (0–10) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| K-FAST, mean (SD) | 25.8 (5.4) | 26.7 (4.6) | 23.3 (6.6) | 0.001*** |
| ASHA-NOMS, n (%) | 0.316 | |||
| 1 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 2 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 3 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 4 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 5 | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 6 | 17 (8.8) | 10 (6.9) | 7 (14.6) | |
| 7 | 173 (89.6) | 132 (91.0) | 41 (85.4) | |
| K-MBI, mean (SD) | 97.5 (7.0) | 98.0 (6.1) | 95.9 (9.2) | 0.143 |
| GDS-SF, mean (SD) | 4.1 (3.2) | 3.8 (3.2) | 4.8 (3.1) | 0.082 |
| EQ-5D, mean (SD) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.018* |
| RNLI, mean (SD) | 91 (16.0) | 93.1 (14.8) | 84.9 (17.9) | 0.002** |
| PWI-SF, n (%) | 0.002** | |||
| Healthy (0–8) | 69 (35.8) | 62 (42.8) | 7 (14.6) | |
| Potential stress (9–26) | 103 (53.4) | 70 (48.3) | 33 (68.8) | |
| Severe stress (27–54) | 21 (10.9) | 13 (9.0) | 8 (16.7) | |
| FSI, mean (SD) | 48.5 (6.4) | 49.0 (6.2) | 47.2 (6.9) | 0.094 |
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001 when compared with the "Employed-Unemployed" group.
ASHA-NOMS, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Outcomes Measurement System; EQ-5D, EuroQol-5 dimensions; FAC, Functional Ambulatory Category; FMA, Fugl-Meyer Assessment; FSI, Family Support Index; GDS-SF, Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form; K-FAST, Korean version of Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test; K-MBI, Korean version of the Modified Barthel Index; K-MMSE, Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; PWI-SF, Psychosocial Well-being Index-Short Form; RNLI, Reintegration to Normal Living Index.