Nurul Afiq’ah Aman
School of Occupational Therapy, Perdana University, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cyndi Laupar Ahvali
School of Occupational Therapy, Perdana University, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fatma S.A. Saghir
Faculty of Medicine, Widad University College, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Rajesh Thangarajan
International Medical School, Management and Science University, Shah Alam 40100, Selangor, Malaysia
Abdulhameed Gadmor Moftah
Faculty of Medicine, Widad University College, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Mohammed Shahjahan Kabir
International Medical School, Management and Science University, Shah Alam 40100, Selangor, Malaysia
K Sree Raman
Perdana University Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (PU-RCSI), Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lubna Shirin
Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, Sungai Buloh, 47000 Selangor, Malaysia
Muhammed Muhiuddin Mazumder
Department of Nephrology, East West Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tania Islam
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theingi Maung Maung
Unit of Community Medicine, AIMST University, Bedong,08100, Kedah, Malaysia
Shaker Uddin Ahmed
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tan Yong Chia
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia
Prabal Bhargava
School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia
Farzana Y
Faculty of Science, Lincoln University, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Nathan Vytialingam
School of Occupational Therapy, Perdana University, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nazmul MHM
Graduate School of Medicine, Perdana University, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are mostly affected by sensory symptoms compared to children without it. Sensory processing patterns (SPP) maybe contributing or interfering with children occupations participation. The purpose of this study is to determine the total score in the sensory processing patterns and its relationship with male and female autistic child aged 3 to 6 years with different severity levels. Forty patients and caregivers (N=40) of ASD children referred to occupational therapist in Klinik Kesihatan Petra Jaya participated in this study. This study obtained equal number of male and female children, n=20 respectively. The level of ASD severity is according to the diagnosis which are divided into two criteria as per stated in DSM-5: Restrictive repetitive behavior and social communication interaction. Parents or caregiver reports on Child Sensory Profile 2 Caregiver Questionnaire to determine the prevalence of sensory processing patterns at different gender and its relationship between the age, gender and level of severity of ASD children. The result shows that, there are no significant difference between gender and SPP, but both genders show high scores, and female ASD children seems most likely to have more sensory processing issues compare to male. There is a significant relationship between seeking SPP and age, registration SPP with gender, and level of severity. In conclusion, the SPP of avoiding and sensitivity does not correlate with age, gender and level of severity of ASD children except for registration of SPP.
