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Table 2 Distribution of the studied sample according to each letter

From: Predictive signs of dysgraphia: graphesthesia as a soft sensory finding in children with writing difficulties in Arabic language

 

Dysgraphic children

(No = 20)

Controls

(No = 20)

Test of significance

(p)

Letter /l/

Mean ± SD

1.15 ± 0.75

3.0 ± 0.0

p < 0.001 ***

Median (min.–max.)

1.0 (0.0–2.0)

3.0 (3.0–3.0)

Letter /Ê•/

Mean ± SD

0.2 ± 0.41

2.58 ± 0.61

p < 0.001 ***

Median (min.–max.)

0.0 (0.0–1.0)

3.0 (1.0–3.0)

Letter /ħ/

Mean ± SD

0.25 ± 0.44

2.75 ± 0.44

p < 0.001 ***

Median (min.–max.)

0.0 (0.0–1.0)

3.0 (2.0–3.0)

Letter /w/

Mean ± SD

1.3 ± 0.73

3.0 ± 0.0

p < 0.001 ***

Median (min.–max.)

1.0 (0.0–2.0)

3.0 (3.0–3.0)

Letter /s/

Mean ± SD

0.6 ± 0.6

2.95 ± 0.22

p < 0.001 ***

Median (min.–max.)

1.0 (0.0–2.0)

3.0 (2.0–3.0)

Letter /j/

Mean ± SD

0.0 ± 0.0

1.9 ± 1.02

p < 0.001 ***

Median (min.–max.)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

2.0 (0.0–3.0)

Letter /m/

Mean ± SD

0.0 ± 0.0

1.3 ± 1.03

p < 0.001 ***

Median (min.–max.)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

1.0 (0.0–3.0)

Total score

Mean ± SD

3.55 ± 2.06

16.95 ± 2.21

t = 19.808,

p < 0.001 ***

Median (min.–max.)

4.0 (0.0–6.0)

(13.0–20.0)

  1. t independent t test
  2. Sd standard deviation
  3. *Significant (p < 0.05)