Table 6.
Relationship between total sleep disturbance scores and hyper- or hyposensitivity scores in each of the sensory domains
| Autism (n = 69) | Control (n = 62) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson | Spearman | Pearson | Spearman | ||
| Auditory | Hypersensitivity | − 0.13 | − 0.13 | − 0.30 | − 0.24 |
| Hyposensitivity | − 0.21 | − 0.14 | − 0.05 | − 0.12 | |
| Visual | Hypersensitivity | − 0.13 | − 0.18 | − 0.15 | − 0.17 |
| Hyposensitivity | − 0.27 | − 0.29 | − 0.16 | − 0.07 | |
| Vestibular | Hypersensitivity | − 0.08 | − 0.14 | − 0.46* | − 0.34 |
| Hyposensitivity | − 0.26 | − 0.18 | − 0.29 | − 0.24 | |
| Touch | Hypersensitivity | − 0.50* | − 0.50* | − 0.42* | − 0.25 |
| Hyposensitivity | − 0.41* | − 0.36* | − 0.25 | − 0.26 | |
| Oral | Hypersensitivity | − 0.35* | − 0.33* | − 0.31 | − 0.32 |
| Hyposensitivity | −0.43* | − 0.44* | − 0.26 | − 0.26 | |
Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlations are presented for the autism (left) and control (right) groups. Asterisks indicate significant correlation coefficients after Bonferroni correction (p < 0.01)