[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31416]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[30DAY-24]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Office on (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
    The following requests have been submitted for review since the 
last publication date on November 27, 1996.

Proposed Project

    1. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Surveillance and Related Studies-- 
Prevalence and Incidence of Fatiguing Illness in Sedgewick County, 
Kansas--New--In 1994, OMB approved the information collection 
``Epidemiology of Fatiguing Illness in Wichita: A Population-Based 
Study'' under OMB Number (0920-0336). Data from this cross-sectional, 
point prevalence, random-digit-dial survey of prolonged fatiguing 
illness in San Francisco, CA concluded that CFS continues to exit and 
that prolonged fatigue occurs in over five percent of the population in 
San Francisco.
    The proposed study replicates the San Francisco study using 
identical methodology and data collection instruments. Beginning with a 
random-digit-dial telephone survey to identify fatigued individuals, 
followed by a case-control study where surveillance interview 
instruments will be used to obtain comparative data on fatigued 
individuals and matched health (non-fatigued) controls. Study 
objectives remain to refine estimates of CFS in Wichita, identify 
similarities and differences among cases and controls, and to evaluated 
the merits of a physician-based surveillance conducted by the Wichita 
department of health. The total annual burden is 7646. Send comments to 
CDC Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503.

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                                                                  Avg.  
                                       Number of    Number of   burden/ 
             Respondents              respondents  responses/   response
                                                   respondent  (in hrs.)
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Household Screener..................      26,000            1      0.083
*Cross-sectional interview..........       6,864            1  .........
*Follow-up interview................       5,148            1  .........
Adolescent Questionnaire............       5,532            1     0.027 
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*These respondents are a subset of the 26,000 respondents to household. 

    Dated: December 4, 1996.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-31416 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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