Prevalence of Sensory Processing Issues in Ch...

Prevalence of Sensory Processing Issues in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Author Name : Dr. Jevika Naika, Dr. Sadhana Mukhi

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56025/IJARESM.2022.1081391

 

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION:

In Cerebral palsy(CP) motor disorders are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication and behavior. Deficits in sensory processing are believed to affect the way a child behaves, including ability to attend, learn, organize as well as they can affect the children’s ability to perform functional tasks achieving adaptive success. . Sensory deficits are often neglected as parents are less aware of their child behavior towards sensory events. This study evaluates sensory processing issues in children with CP using the Short Sensory Profile Scale.

 

METHODOLOGY:

 

 The study was conducted with 35 children with CP between the age from 3 to 10 years. The caregivers of children gave informed written consent to participate in the study and they were asked to rate child behaviors believed to be associated with sensory processing. Convenient sampling was used. Mean values of verified sensory problems that interfere with the child performance indicates "typical performance", "probable difference" or "definite difference".

RESULTS:

The result shows “typical performance” in tactile sensitivity (mean=30.65) and taste/smell sensitivity (mean=15.23), “probable difference” in auditory filtering(mean=22.45) and visual/auditory sensitivity(mean=18.11), “definite difference” in movement sensitivity(mean=10.03), under responsive/seeks sensation(mean=23.03) and low energy/weak(mean=15.57). The overall total mean is 134.08 which show “definite difference” in CP children.

CONCLUSION:

The results pointed out the existence of "definite difference" in the processing of sensory information in CP.

Keywords: Cerebral palsy, Sensory processing, Short sensory profile