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Although thorough, the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) might be too difficult for frontline healthcare providers to administer. The purpose of this study was to develop LEKSHIA-SDSC, a streamlined and culturally appropriate 10-item version of the SDSC, available in both English and Malayalam, and specifically designed for use by Indian community health workers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methodology:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A two-phase modification process was carried out building on the SDSC\u2019s previously established factorial structure, interrater reliability, and content validity. Expert-guided item reduction, literacy-focused rewording, and behavioral observability-based resequencing (from sleep onset to daytime symptoms) were all carried out in Phase I. In Phase II, the previously created Malayalam version of the SDSC was adapted for the shortened tool. As the original translation had undergone forward\u2013backward translation, expert review, and cognitive debriefing, only minimal rewording of two items was required based on fresh caregiver feedback to improve clarity and contextual fit.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The final LEKSHIA-SDSC tool has 10 streamlined items with a 4-point Likert scale (0\u20133), resulting in a score range of 0\u201330. The definitions of risk thresholds were changed to 0\u20138 (low risk), 9\u201315 (mild risk), and \u2265 16 (high risk). Strong prior content validity (item-level content validity index \u22650.78) and high inter-rater agreement (Kappa &gt; 0.85) were demonstrated by the items that were kept. 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