[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21126]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Women's Health and Aging 
Study--Telephone Follow-up

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute on Aging 
(NIA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Women's Health and Aging Study--Telephone 
Follow-up. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision. Need and 
Use of Information Collection: This proposed study is designed to 
obtain additional data on women (previously examined in the Women's 
Health and Aging Study, OMB No. 0925-0376, expiration 8/31/97) through 
telephone interviews with participants or their proxies 1 and 2 years 
after their final in-home contacts. The Women's Health and Aging Study 
(WHAS) is a community-based prospective epidemiologic study whose goal 
is to study the causes and course of physical disability in the one-
third most disabled women living in the community. The main objective 
of this additional data collection is to obtain information on 
disability and nursing home admission that will serve as end points in 
5-year prospective analyses. This information will be a valuable 
addition to outcome data on death and hospital admissions that will be 
obtained through linkage with the National Death Index and the Health 
Care Financing Administration Medicare data base for this same period 
of time. The variables collected in the follow-up telephone assessments 
will provide important endpoints for a great many analyses that address 
the primary goal of the study, evaluating factors related to the 
progression of disability and need for long-term care. Frequency of 
Response: Once a year. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type 
of Respondents: Women age 68 and older. Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 800; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2; 
Average Burden Hours Per Response: .33; Estimated Total Annual Burden 
Hours Requested: 267. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated 
at: $2,664. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no 
Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to 
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Jack Guralnik, Chief Epidemiology and 
Demography Office, Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, NIA, 
NIH, Gateway Building, Room 3C309, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue MSC 9205, 
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-1178 or 
E-mail your request, including your address to: [email protected]

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
October 21, 1996.

Colleen Barros,
Executive Officer, NIA.
[FR Doc. 96-21126 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am]
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