Exploration of Sensory Processing Difficulties among Children Attending Primary School in Denmark

Table 3

Short Sensory Profile of girls and boys and comparison of definite difference in boys and girls .

	Typical performance % ()		Probable difference % ()		Definite difference % ()		value
	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys
Total scores	61.8 (495)	51.6 (473)	20.3 (163)	24.1 (221)	17.8 (143)	24.2 (222)	<0.001
Tactile sensitivity	74.6 (598)	70.0 (642)	14.4 (116)	17.0 (156)	10.8 (87)	12.8 (118)	0.057
Taste/smell sensitivity	64.6 (518)	66.1 (606)	20.9 (168)	15.1 (139)	14.3 (115)	18.6 (171)	0.002
Movement sensitivity	75.1 (602)	70.8 (649)	14.9 (120)	18.0 (165)	9.8 (79)	11.1 (102)	0.319
Underresponsive/seeks sensation	52.1 (418)	36.7 (337)	22.6 (181)	24.0 (220)	25.2 (202)	39.1 (359)	<0.001
Auditory filtering	54.1 (434)	40.9 (375)	19.6 (157)	23.9 (219)	26.2 (210)	35.1 (322)	<0.001
Low energy/weak	74.4 (596)	72.9 (668)	9.7 (78)	9.6 (88)	15.8 (127)	17.4 (160)	0.85
Visual/auditory sensitivity	80.4 (644)	79.1 (725)	10.8 (87)	13.2 (121)	8.7 (70)	7.6 (70)	0.45

Note: , six missing, not possible to identify sex. Comparison of girls’ and boys’ definite difference calculated with Chi².