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Table 3 SP scores

From: Sensory processing in children and adolescents shortly after the onset of anorexia nervosa: a pilot study

 

HC group (n = 63)

AN group (n = 17)

P

r

Low Registration

17(15–36)

17(15–51)

1.0

0.00

Sensation Seeking

26(26–47)

28(26–37)

0.09

0.19

Sensory Sensitivity

23(20–43)

23(19–38)

0.82

0.03

Sensation Avoiding

39(30–90)

52(35–93)

< 0.01

0.35

Auditory processing

10(8–20)

9(7–24)

0.08

0.2

Visual processing

10(9–22)

12(9–26)

0.04

0.23

Vestibular processing

11(11–21)

11(11–21)

0.66

0.05

Touch processing

19(18–32)

20(18–37)

0.14

0.17

Multisensory processing

7(7–17)

7(7–11)

0.34

0.04

Oral sensory processing

12(12–30)

13(12–28)

0.29

0.12

Sensory processing related to endurance/tone

10(9–25)

9(9–37)

0.83

0.02

Modulation related to body position & movement

10(10–16)

10(10–17)

0.54

0.07

Modulation of movement affecting activity level

11(7–28)

13(7–23)

0.23

0.13

Modulation of sensory input affecting emotional responses

4(4–10)

4(4–8)

0.64

0.05

Modulation of visual input affecting emotional responses and activity level

4(4–14)

4(3–10)

0.35

0.11

Emotional/Social responses

22(17–65)

36(21–56)

< 0.01

0.46

Behavioral outcomes of sensory processing

7(6–18)

10(6–14)

0.12

0.18

Items indicating thresholds for response

3(3–5)

3(3–4)

0.80

0.03

  1. Due to nonnormal distributions, statistics reported are medians followed by the range in parentheses. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) was used for the effect size
  2. HC Healthy control, AN Anorexia nervosa, SP Sensory Profile