This doesn't sound right in my head to me, I would much rather use "Falling asleep". After doing some browsing of the web, I can't find any information on which one is better to use in a formal context. It is in a bullet point list and the sentence is: "Difficulty initiating (falling to sleep) or maintaining sleep (staying asleep)." More @Wikipedia
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