Table 10.
Short Sensory Profile.
Treatment Group (n = 27) | Non-Treatment Group (n = 26) | t-Test | |||||||||
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Initial | S.D. | Final | S.D. | % Change | Initial | S.D. | Final | S.D. | % Change | ||
Tactile Sensitivity | 22.7 | 5.9 | 26.4 | 5.2 | +16% | 24.1 | 4.9 | 25.2 | 5.1 | +4% | 0.007 |
Taste/Smell Sensitivity | 10.5 | 6.0 | 11.8 | 5.3 | +12% | 11.1 | 5.4 | 11.5 | 5.5 | +3% | 0.05 |
Movement Sensitivity | 11.2 | 4.4 | 11.7 | 4.0 | +4% | 10.8 | 3.5 | 10.6 | 3.3 | −1% | 0.06 |
Underresponsiveness/Seeks Sensation | 17.9 | 6.9 | 20.5 | 5.5 | +14% | 22.0 | 7.1 | 22.3 | 7.3 | +2% | 0.006 |
Auditory Filtering | 16.2 | 4.7 | 18.9 | 5.1 | +16% | 16.2 | 5.5 | 16.0 | 5.3 | −1% | 0.0003 |
Low Energy/Weak | 19.3 | 7.5 | 20.4 | 7.3 | +6% | 17.5 | 7.1 | 17.9 | 7.4 | +2% | n.s. |
Visual/Auditory Sensitivity | 14.9 | 4.8 | 16.9 | 4.5 | +13% | 16.0 | 4.1 | 16.0 | 4.2 | 0% | 0.004 |
Total SSP | 113 | 27 | 127 | 27 | +12% | 118 | 20 | 120 | 21 | +2% | 0.0003 |
Higher scores mean less sensory problems. t-test values were considered not significant (n.s.) if they were above a p-value of 0.1.