Abstract

CRUZ BERMUDEZ, Marco Antonio Jesus  and  SANTIAGO BAZAN, Cristhian. SENSORY PROFILE IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2020, vol.23, n.2, pp.192-200. ISSN 1817-7433.

Introduction: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a developmental disorder that affects behavior, is easily distracted, and has trouble concentrating and learning in children with it. Objective: To determine the sensory profile in children with attention dEficit and hyperactivity disorders. Material and Methods: It is a descriptive longitudinal and observational study, the required sample was 107 patients with Transtorno diagnosis for attention deficit and hyperactivity of both sexes and an age between 4 and 8 years of age, attended in the Clinical Home San Juan de Dios, the instrument used to measure the sensory profile was the Sensory Profile Test-2 , adapted to Peruvian reality, whose reliability was 0.885 alpha crombach. Results: Of the 107 patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the search sensory profile was observed as much as the others with 79.4%, the avoidative sensory profile more than the others with 41.1% and the like the others with 50.5%. Sensory sensitive profile was observed, more than the others with 49.5%. Likewise, we have the sensory profile spectator, we observed the levels "much more than the others" with 47.7%. Conclusions: The sensory profile is of paramount importance because it is part of the evaluation protocol and treatment plan of the patient with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders, as well as in the prevention of problems in learning and school experience.

Keywords : Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Sensory Modalities; Learning.

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