PROJECT

Sensory processing is the neurological capacity that allows us to register, organize and give meaning to information received by our brains through the sensory systems (vision, hearing, taste, smell, tactile, proprioceptive and vestibular).

To date, available evidence on the prevalence of sensory processing challenges in the general child population is limited. Given the relevance of the possible consequences of these problems for child health, the InTeO research group has proposed carrying out the InProS (Childhood and Sensory Processing) Project.

Sensory Systems

Project OBJECTIVES

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Prevalence

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Estimate the prevalence of Sensory Reactivity (SR).

Associated factors

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Explore the sociodemographic factors and lifestyles of children and their parents in the RS.

Health outcomes

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Explore the association of RS with parental stress and feeding problems in children.

InProS – Proyect

The InProS Project is a Population-based cross-sectional study  from 2016 that aims to describe the prevalence and associated factors of sensory processing difficulties in children ages three to seven in the province of Alicante, Spain. 

21 schools

Recruitment of participants was carried out in 21 schools that were randomly selected based on a list of educational institutions registered with the Council of Education, Culture and Sport of the Valencian government.

An invitation was sent to the directors of the different selected schools, and those schools that declined to participate were substituted by others. After obtaining permission from the director to begin recruitment, an informational meeting was held with teachers involved in the project. Teachers were those in charge of providing written information about the study to the primary caregivers as well as informed consent to participate and the questionnaires to complete.

Stake

Out of 1,700 possible participants, 620 returned the completed information (response rate of 37 percent).

Potential participants

Participating families

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Response rate

Questionnaire notebooks

The group of questionnaires included the Short Sensory Profile (SSP) test, an instrument designed to collect information about sensory processing and that allows for classifying children into different categories based on their sensory profile (typical development, with probable differences and with definitive differences). Other included questionnaires collected sociodemographic and lifestyle data about the children and their parents and the reproductive history of the mother.

Study protocol

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You can read it by clicking here.

Complete questionnaire

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Download here.

Project Video

Learn more about this project by watching the following video.

Press Releases

Press releases from the InProS project.

Childhood obesity and sensory processing are linked

 

See the note.

A pioneering study evaluates the association between childhood obesity and sensory processing

 

See the note.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED about the Project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESEARCHERS of the Project

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS OF THE PROJECT
Desirée Valera Gran

Eva María Navarrete Muñoz

PROJECT COLLABORATING RESEARCH TEAM
Iris Juárez Leal

Miriam Hurtado Pomares

FIELD WORK TEAM
Silvia Amat
Alicia López
Paula Fernández
María Dolores Diago
María Pilar Ruiz
Laura Compañ
Tayza El Toro
Macarena Pérez
Neus de la Fuente

THESIS of the Project

COMPLETED:

Estilos de vida y alteraciones en el procesamiento sensorial en niños de 3 a 7 años de edad del estudio “InProS”

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PhD candidate: Paula Fernández Pires

Thesis supervisors: Desirée Valera Gran and Eva Mª Navarrete Muñoz

Link to the thesis

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IN PROGRESS:

Factores parentales y Reactividad Sensorial en niños/as de 3 a 7 años de edad: Estudio “InProS”.

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PhD candidate: Rocío Muñoz Sánchez

Thesis supervisors: Desirée Valera Gran and Miriam Hurtado Pomares

COLLABORATORS with the Project

 

PARTICIPATING EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRIMARY EDUCATION CENTERS
  • CEIP Ausiàs March
  • CEIP Plà Barraques
  • CEIP El Fabraquer
  • CEIP Lo Romero
  • CEIP San Fernando
  • CEIP San Juan y San Pablo
  • CEIP San Blas
  • CEIP Teixereta
  • CEIP Jesús Navarro Jover
  • CEIP Jorge Juan
  • CEIP Monte Benacanti
  • CEIP San Nicolás de Bari
  • CEIP Mora Puchol
  • CEIP Trinitario Seva
  • CEIP Nuestra Señora de la Paz
  • CEIP Rafael Altamira
  • Centro Privado San José de Carolinas
  • Escuela Europa de Alicante
  • CEIP Joaquín Sorolla
  • CEIP Manjón – Cervantes
  • CEIP Prácticas La Aneja.