anxiety‑induced sleep disturbances among in‑school adolescents in the united arab emirates: prevalence and associated factors

introduction: the goal of the study was to estimate the prevalence of anxiety‑induced sleep disturbance (aisd) and assess its relationship with psychosocial distress, socio‑environmental variables, and health risk indicators among adolescent schoolchildren in the united arab emirates (uae). methods: cross‑sectional data from the 2016 uae “global school‑based student health survey” (n = 5849) were analyzed. the nationally representative sample of all students in grades 8–12 in the uae was selected through a two‑stage cluster sampling procedure. schools were included with probability proportional to enrollment size, and classes were randomly selected, with all students present in selected classes being eligible to participate. results: the overall prevalence of aisd was 16.2%, 11.9% had aisd among males, and 20.5% had aisd among females. in adjusted logistic regression analysis, older age (16 years or older), lower economic status (hunger), loneliness, frequent bullying victimization (10–30 days), frequently physically attacked (≥6 times), parental emotional neglect, parents never check homework, parental disrespect of privacy, passive smoking on all past 7 days, sedentary behavior ( 8 h/day) during leisure time, and multiple (≥4 times) injuries were positively and being male was negatively associated with aisd. conclusion: almost one in six participants reported aisd, and several factors associated with aisd were identified.