Dataset for: Better Sleep Better Health baseline survey

Weiss, H

(2025). Dataset for: Better Sleep Better Health baseline survey. [Dataset]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. 10.17037/DATA.00004877.

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Baseline quantitative survey data collected as part of the Better Sleep Better Health study. It contains data on 358 participants in two schools, with baseline data collected through a self-completed survey with items on sleep health and insomnia (using the Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness Questionnaire, Munich Chronotype Questionnaire and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)) and mental health with the UNICEF Measuring Mental Health Among Adolescents and Young People at the Population Level (MMAPP) tool.

Keywords

Adolescents; Sleep disorders; Mental Health

Parent Collection(s)

note_stack Better Sleep, Better Health: Designing a school-based intervention in Uganda

Item Type	Dataset
Resource Type	Resource Type Resource Description Dataset Quantitative
Description of data capture	We conducted a cross-sectional survey from July 7th-August 23rd 2024. In addition to socio-demographic and puberty development items, we collected data on sleep health from the Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness Questionnaire (CASQ), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)) and Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ) . We assessed sleep-related cognitions (Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep (DBAS), and depression and anxiety symptoms using the 25-item UNICEF Measuring Mental Health Among Adolescents and Young People at the Population Level (MMAPP tool Domains 1 and 2), which provide scores equivalent to the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] score for depression and Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment-7 [GAD-7] score for anxiety. Depression and anxiety ‘caseness’ were defined as screening positive on items 1-4 (depression) or 5-10 (anxiety), and a cut-off score of >18 on the sum of 15 depression- or 13 anxiety-specific MMAPP questions respectively (UNICEF: The MMAPP Toolkit: Operational Guidelines and Protocols). We undertook cognitive testing of survey tools not previously used in this setting (MMAP, DBAS, MCTQ) with 8 students, to ensure cultural appropriateness, clarity, and relevance. This led to minor adaptations to tools, to optimize comprehension and validity. The survey was self-administered on tablets using Open Data Kit (ODK) software, except for the MCTQ, as cognitive testing informed us that administering this tool by trained researchers improved accuracy in these more complex responses on sleep patterns and timing (sleep onset, wake times).
Capture method	Questionnaire
Collection Period	From To 7 July 2024 23 August 2024
Date	25 November 2025
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Weiss, H
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health (2023-)
Research Centre	International Statistics and Epidemiology Group
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
Funders	Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI Better Sleep, Better Health: Designing a school-based intervention in Uganda Medical Research Council MR/Z503794/1 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
Date Deposited	05 Dec 2025 10:39
Last Modified	05 Dec 2025 10:46
Publisher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine