Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare parents' perceptions of the responses of their children, with ADHD and typically developing children, to sensory events in daily life in India.

Method: Forty four children with ADHD and matched typically developing children parents were recruited for the study. Sensory Profile(SP) was used to identify differences in sensory abilities of the children.

Results: MANOVA was used to compute the results. The result shows that there is statistically significant difference demonstrating a group effect on the SP section scores(F (13, 74) = 6.97; p< 0.011) and factor scores (F (8, 79) = 10.88, p<0.01). The comparison between groups on the individual scores revealed that there is a significant difference on 6 out of 14 subsections and 6 out of 9 factor scores in sensory profile.

Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest that young children with ADHD seem to be at increased risk of deficits in a variety of sensory processing abilities, over and above the core symptoms of ADHD as reported by the mother's.