[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43556-43557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21535]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request the Framingham Study
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 the proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBI), 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: The Framingham Study. Type of Information
Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection (OMB
No. 0925-0216). Need and Use of Information Collection: This project
involves physical examination and testing of the surviving members of
the original Framingham Study cohort and the surviving members of the
offspring cohort. Investigators will contact doctors, hospitals, and
nursing homes to ascertain participants' cardiovascular events
occurring outside the study clinic. Information gathered will be used
to further describe the risk factors, occurrence rates, and
consequences of cardiovascular disease in middle aged and older men and
women. Frequency of Response: The cohort participants respond every two
years; the offspring participants respond every four years. Affected
Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other for profit;
Small businesses or
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organizations. Type of Respondents: Middle aged and elderly adults;
doctors and staff of hospitals and nursing homes. The annual reporting
burden is as follows:
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Estimated
Estimated Average total
Estimated number of burden annual
Type of respondents number of responses hours per burden
respondents per response hours
respondent requested
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Original cohort examined in clinic.......................... 192 1.0 1.9 365
Original cohort examined in residence....................... 121 1.0 1.2 145
Offspring examined in clinic................................ 1,157 1.0 3.9 4,512
Offspring examined in residence............................. 20 1.0 1.5 30
\1\ Event information....................................... 1,887 1.0 0.75 1,415
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Total................................................. ........... ........... ........... 6,467
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\1\ Annual burden is placed on doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and respondent relatives/informants through
requests for information which will help in the compilation of the number and nature of new fatal and nonfatal
events occurring outside the Framingham examining clinic.
The cost to the respondents consists of their time and travel; time
is estimated using a rate of $10.00 per hour and travel is estimated
using a cost of $0.35 per mile. The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at: $19,622. The Capital Costs are $5,698. The Operating and
Maintenance Costs are $2,914,926.
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 functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall 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: To request more information on the proposed
project, to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments,
or to submit comments, contact Ms. Mishyelle Croom, Project Clearance
Liaison, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Building 31,
Room 4A28, MSC 2490, 31 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892-2490 or call
non-toll free number (310) 496-1763, or E-mail your request or
comments, including your address, to: [email protected].
Comments due Date: Comments regarding this information collect
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or
before October 22, 1996.
Dated: August 14, 1996.
Sheila Merritt,
Executive Officer, NHLBI.
[FR Doc. 96-21535 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am]
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