bath when sucrose, compared with water, was in the mouth (= 0.21; P = 0.013). This is in marked contrast to PDEP children (see Fig. 2): not only was sucrose an ineffective analgesic, but they were less tolerant of the cold water than were NDEP children, regardless of which solution was in the mouth (F1,182 = 7.94, P = 0.005). To explore further whether differences in analgesia were due to problems with attention, we factored in the children's responses to the PDS question regarding having ‘a hard time paying attention’. The findings remained unchanged.
