title: [Factors predicting sensory profile of 4 to 18 month old infants].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify environment factors predicting sensory profile of infants between 4 and 18 months old.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study evaluated 97 infants (40 females e 57 males), with a mean age of 1.05±0.32 years with the Test of Sensory Functions in Infants (TSFI) and also asked 97 parents and 11 kindergarten teachers of seven daycare centers to answer the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development- Infant Scale (AHEMD-IS). The AHEMD-IS is a questionnaire that characterizes the opportunities in the home environment for infants between 3 and 18 months of age. We tested the association between affordances and the sensory profile of infants. Significant variables were entered into a regression model to determine predictors of sensory profile.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of infants (66%) had a normal sensory profile and 34% were at risk or deficit. Affordances in the home were classified as adequate and they were good in the studied daycare centers. The results of the regression revealed that only daily hours in daycare center and daycare outside space influenced the sensory profile of infants, in particular the Ocular-Motor Control component.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sensory profile of infants was between normal and at risk. While the family home offered adequate affordances for motor development, the daycare centers of the infants involved demonstrated a good quantity and quality of affordances. Overall, we conclude that daily hours in the daycare center and daycare outside space were predictors of the sensory profile, particular on Ocular-Motor Control component.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Utad), Vila Real, Portugal. Electronic address: carina-pedrosa@iol.pt.
authors.forename: Carina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedrosa
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Texas em Arlington (UTA), Arlington, EUA.
authors.forename: Priscila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caçola
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Utad), Vila Real, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria Isabel Martins Mourão
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Carvalhal
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012677:Sensation; D012931:Social Environment
keywords: Child development; Desenvolvimento infantil; Environment; Infant; Lactente; Meio ambiente