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- The study aimed to create and validate an Arabic version of the Pre-Sleep Arousal Scale (PSAS) to measure mental and physical arousal before sleep among Arabic-speaking individuals.
- In a survey of 438 participants, the Arabic PSAS displayed strong psychometric properties, including high internal consistency and reliability, and maintained the original two-factor structure of cognitive and somatic arousal.
- Results showed significant differences in pre-sleep arousal levels between individuals with insomnia symptoms and those without, indicating that the Arabic PSAS is a useful tool for assessing sleep-related issues in this population.
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Purpose: The Pre-Sleep Arousal Scale (PSAS) is a well-recognized instrument utilized for measuring cognitive and somatic arousal before sleep. Although the PSAS is useful, an Arabic version of the scale has not yet been developed and validated. The current study aimed to translate the PSAS into Arabic language and evaluate its psychometric properties, such as reliability and validity, in an Arabic-speaking population.
Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 438 participants who completed the Arabic version of the PSAS, along with other validated measures of insomnia, anxiety, and sleep effort.
Results: The results indicated that the Arabic version of the PSAS maintained the original scale's two-factor structure. The factor loadings for PSAS-Cognitive ranged from 0.57 to 0.75, and for PSAS-Somatic, from 0.45 to 0.70, with all loadings being statistically significant ( < 0.001). The Arabic version of the PSAS exhibited high internal consistency (McDonald's = 0.86; Cronbach's = 0.86; Guttman's 2 = 0.86; Greatest Lower Boun = 0.90) and test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.88) over two weeks. The PSAS demonstrated good concurrent and convergent validity. We documented significant large differences between individuals with "no insomnia" and those with "insomnia" symptoms across cognitive, somatic, and total pre-sleep arousal (all <0.001). The insomnia group consistently scored higher scores for PSAP and its subscales.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that the Arabic version of the PSAS is a reliable and valid tool for assessing pre-sleep arousal in Arabic-speaking individuals.
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