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Table 6 Relationship between total sleep disturbance scores and hyper- or hyposensitivity scores in each of the sensory domains

From: Sleep disturbances are associated with specific sensory sensitivities in children with autism

  

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

  1. 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)