TABLE 5.
Sensory Profile in Children with Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) by Age and Gender
| 3–5 Years Females N = 10 |
3–5 Years Males N = 10 |
6–14 Years Females N = 11 |
6–14 Years Males N = 3 |
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| Sensory Profile Categories and Quadrants | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
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| Sensory profile categories (A–N) | ||||
| Sensory processing | ||||
| A. Auditory processing | 28.2 (5.2) | 25.0 (4.0) | 24.8 (6.6) | 27.0 (12.7)a |
| B. Visual processing | 33.4 (5.4) | 30.2 (6.5) | 30.6 (5.1) | 35.3 (5.5) |
| C. Vestibular processing | 42.9 (5.7) | 42.6 (5.8) | 36.9 (7.0) | 43.3 (6.0) |
| D. Touch processing | 66.2 (7.2) | 62.0 (8.1) | 55.2 (11.6) | 60.0 (15.4) |
| E. Multisensory processing | 22.5 (4.2) | 21.2 (5.1) | 19.7 (4.5) | 18.3 (6.4) |
| F. Oral sensory processing | 42.6 (8.4) | 47.7 (5.1) | 43.2 (7.6) | 40.3 (16.9) |
| Modulation | ||||
| G. Sensory processing related to endurance/tone | 28.0 (7.2) | 28.3 (8.8) | 22.9 (7.1) | 29.3 (8.1) |
| H. Modulation related to body position and movement | 34.9 (5.0) | 34.2 (4.2) | 32.7 (5.1) | 36.7 (5.1) |
| I. Modulation of movement affecting activity level | 21.1 (3.8) | 20.5 (4.0) | 19.6 (3.4) | 19.7 (0.6) |
| J. Modulation of sensory input affecting emotional responses | 13.7 (2.7)* | 10.7 (1.3)* | 8.6 (2.4)* | 11.3 (3.5) |
| K. Modulation of visual input affecting emotional responses and activity level | 14.7 (2.3) | 13.5 (2.8) | 11.6 (2.7) | 14.3 (3.5) |
| Behavioral and emotional responses | ||||
| L. Emotional/social responses | 61.1 (9.0) | 59.9 (8.0)b | 53.5 (8.5) | 53.5 (6.4)a |
| M. Behavioral outcomes of sensory processing | 14.1 (4.3)c | 14.1 (2.9)b | 12.5 (3.1) | 14.0 (2.0) |
| N. Items indicating thresholds for response | 11.4 (2.3)c | 9.6 (1.4) | 9.9 (2.7) | 9.0 (2.0) |
| Sensory profile quadrants (1–4) | ||||
| 1. Registration | 48.7 (9.0) | 46.7 (10.5) | 41.5 (8.9) | 47.3 (6.5) |
| 2. Seeking | 92.3 (15.9)c | 88.2 (12.2) | 80.2 (14.6) | 83.0 (13.8) |
| 3. Sensitivity | 71.8 (10.7) | 73.9 (10.7) | 62.7 (12.3) | 66.5 (7.8)a |
| 4. Avoiding | 100.4 (13.3) | 96.8 (12.6)b | 92.0 (14.0) | 96.3 (5.5) |
Lower scores indicate engagement in respective behaviors more often (always = 1, never = 5). Italicized and bold figures are greater than 1 and 2 SD, respectively, below the national sample means.
a,b,c
Missing values included in category (Ca) and quadrant (Q) estimates
a
(CaA, CaL, Q3 − N = 1)
b
(Q4 − N = 1; CaM − N = 2; CaL − N = 3), and
c
(CaN, Q2 − N = 2; CaM − N = 3).
*
Significant differences (p < .05) were found between the mean scores for younger females and younger males and for younger females and older females.