Of 880 included posts, 89 (10.1%) were related to patients with non-malignant neurological conditions. Of note, 227 (28.9%) patients with non-neurologic primary diagnoses reported neurologic complications of their illness. At time of data extraction the neurological subgroup had raised $1.98 million CAD for a median of $17,715 CAD per request. The most common categories of neurological disease were stroke (39.1%), neuromuscular (20.7%), and inflammatory (10.9%).
The most common reason for request among neurological patients was equipment/device costs, referenced in 34% of posts, compared to 9.9% of posts among non-neurologic patients (p<0.0001). Travel and relocation expenses were referenced in 30% of posts in the neurological group, and 30% of posts referenced loss of income. One quarter of posts in the neurological category requested funds for rehabilitation and 13% referenced long-term care or home care expenses.