Table 3.

Changes in the mean of NIHSS total scores by time period for moderate and severe groups.

Time	MBI		FIM
	Moderate Group (n = 673)	Severe Group (n = 125)	Moderate Group (n = 673)	Severe Group (n = 125)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Discharge	68.07 ± 28.04	40.74 ± 35.62	90.39 ± 28.02	61.33 ± 36.33
3 months	81.28 ± 26.94	51.04 ± 38.09	102.93 ± 28.32	69.1 ± 38.88
6 months	82.85 ± 26.90	53.94 ± 37.76	105.04 ± 28.05	72.20 ± 38.22
12 months	84.48 ± 27.00	55.26 ± 38.94	106.57 ± 28.42	74.10 ± 39.33
18 months	84.79 ± 27.52	56.95 ± 39.45	107.02 ± 28.77	76.27 ± 40.33
24 months	84.21 ± 28.65	55.10 ± 40.22	106.80 ± 29.74	73.67 ± 41.24

MBI—modified Barthel Index, FIM—Functional Independence Measure, SD—standard deviation.