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The curve of proportion of return to work had two steep slopes,and the proportion was at a maximum at 18 months from patient admission.The adjusted odds ratios of return to work for patients with normal muscle strength versus severe weakness,without apraxia versus with apraxia,and with white-collar versus blue-collar occupations were 5.16(P<.05),4.16(P<. 05),and 1.43(P<.10),respectively.The increase of proportion of return to work after stroke was nonlinear,and this trend was referable to the social security systems available to the patients included in this study.Normal muscle strength and absence of apraxia were significant predictors of return to work after stroke.White-collar occupation showed a tendency to promote return to work. |
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