Table 2.
Summary of quantitative analysis
| Percentage % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperreactive | Hyporeactive | Seeking | Neutral | |
| Overall | ||||
| Yes | 93.9 | 28.6 | 41.4 | – |
| No | 6.1 | 71.4 | 28.6 | – |
| Visual | ||||
| Bright lights | 75.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Flashing lights | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.5 |
| Bright colours | 27.5 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 40.0 |
| Low contrast images | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 77.5 |
| Patterns | 35.0 | 2.5 | 35.0 | 30.0 |
| Auditory | ||||
| Lots of conversations | 82.5 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Shopping centres | 26.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 |
| Public transport | 70.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Loud noises | 87.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Ambient noises | 40.0 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 47.5 |
| High pitch noises | 77.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 12.5 |
| Music | 75.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 15.0 |
| Tactile | ||||
| Pressure differences | 47.5 | 5.0 | 32.5 | 17.5 |
| Clothing, | 75.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Different textures | 62.5 | 0.0 | 73.5 | 12.5 |
| Interoception | ||||
| Cold temperatures | 42.5 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 27.5 |
| Hot temperatures | 55.0 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 20.0 |
| Changes in the weather | 47.5 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 35.0 |
| Physical pain | 35.0 | 30.0 | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| Gustatory | ||||
| Spicy food | 37.5 | 10.0 | 30.0 | 25.0 |
| Food temperatures | 32.5 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 42.5 |
| Food textures | 65.0 | 2.5 | 17.5 | 22.5 |
| Favourite foods | 22.5 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 32.5 |
| Memorable foods | 20.0 | 2.5 | 25.0 | 45.0 |
| Chewing gum | 10.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 57.5 |
| Olfactory | ||||
| Strong scents | 65.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 |
| Perfumes | 60.0 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| Pollution | 45.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 40.0 |
| Flowers | 27.5 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 30.0 |
| Fresh air | 12.5 | 12.5 | 35.0 | 40.0 |
Percentage of participants in the multiple-choice responses who identified experiencing sensory reactivity differences to sensory stimuli for hyperreactivity, hyporeactivity and seeking, and in each modality (n = 40)