Han J, et al. - Through a prospective cohort study of the Korean Stroke Cohort for Functioning and Rehabilitation in Korea with a total of 193 persons with first-ever stroke who reported working status at 3 months following a stroke, experts examined the rate of return to work and recognized key factors correlated with return to work between 3 months and 2 years following a stroke. There were 145 patients who had a stroke in the "Continuously-Employed" group and 48 in the "Employed-Unemployed" group who went back to work between 3 months and 2 years following the stroke. In those who had a stroke, features such as age, Psychosocial Well-being Index-Short Form (PWI-SF) Score, and caregiver features, including age, sex (female) and living patterns, were significantly correlated with a return to work between 3 months and 2 years following the stroke. The essential factors that affected the return to work following stroke were age and PWI-SF Score of subjects who had a stroke, as well as the age, sex and living arrangements of caregivers.