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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Hum Dev. 2015 Feb 20;91(3):227–233. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.01.013

Table 2.

Short Sensory Profile sensory symptom scores and sensory group classification.

Full Term (n = 73) Preterm (n = 54)
Sensory Symptoms Scores
M ± SD M ± SD t p
Total Score 171.29 ± 14.20 156.59 ± 21.29 4.40 < 0.001
Tactile Sensitivity 31.70 ± 3.18 30.63 ± 3.88 1.70 0.09
Taste/Smell Sensitivity 18.04 ± 3.22 17.00 ± 4.63 1.41 0.16
Movement Sensitivity 14.62 ± .88 13.54 ± 2.30 3.28 0.002
Underresponsive/Seeks Sensation 30.11 ± 4.46 25.72 ± 6.33 4.36 < 0.001
Auditory Filtering 25.73 ± 3.53 22.96 ± 4.53 3.72 < 0.001
Low Energy/Weak 29.15 ± 2.07 26.91 ± 5.07 3.07 0.003
Visual/Auditory Sensitivity 21.95 ± 3.08 19.83 ± 3.74 3.49 0.001
Elevated Numbers of Sensory Symptomsa
n (%) n (%) X2
Total Score 9 (12%) 20 (37%) 10.75 0.001
Tactile Sensitivity 15 (21%) 17 (32%) 1.97 0.16
Taste/Smell Sensitivity 7 (10%) 12 (22%) 3.89 0.048
Movement Sensitivity 4 (6%) 13 (24%) 9.26 0.002
Underresponsive/Seeks Sensation 16 (22%) 27 (50%) 10.93 0.001
Auditory Filtering 12 (16%) 24 (44%) 11.99 0.001
Low Energy/Weak 5 (7%) 13 (24%) 7.57 0.006
Visual/Auditory Sensitivity 9 (12%) 16 (30%) 5.88 0.02
a

Comprised of probable or definite difference categories.