[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66287-66288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31882]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Women's Health and 
Aging Study--Telephone Follow-up

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. A notice regarding this proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
on August 20, 1996, page 43064. The notice allowed 60 days for public 
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The NIH may not 
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, 
an information collection

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that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

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: 690; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2; 
Average Burden Hours Per Response: .33; Estimated Total Annual Burden 
Hours Requested: 326. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated 
at: $7,500. 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.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding 
the item(s) contained in this notice especially regarding the estimated 
public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the: 
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503, 
Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. 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: .

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
January 16, 1997.
Colleen Barros,
Executive Office, NIA.
[FR Doc. 96-31882 Filed 12-16-96; 8:45 am]
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