[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58417-58418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28304]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control And Prevention
[60Day-00-05]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention is providing opportunity for public comment on proposed data 
collection projects. To request more information on the proposed 
projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. National Telephone Survey of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--New--
National Center for Infectious Disease (NCID). In 1997, OMB approved 
the information collection ``Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Surveillance and 
Related Studies, Prevalence and Incidence of Fatiguing Illness in 
Sedgwick County, Kansas'' under OMB Number 09200401. Data from this 
cross-sectional, random-digit-dial survey of prolonged fatiguing 
illness in Sedgwick County (Wichita), Kansas concluded that prolonged 
fatigue affects over 6% of the population, the prevalence of chronic 
fatigue syndrome (CFS) was 0.24%, and that CFS prevalence was highest 
in white females (0.36%).
    The proposed study replicates the Sedgwick County study using 
identical methodology and data collection instruments. Beginning with a 
random-digit-dial telephone survey to identify fatigued and non-
fatigued individuals followed by a detailed telephone interview to 
obtain additional data on participants' health status. Study objectives 
are to refine estimates of the magnitude of fatiguing illness and CFS 
in the United States, with special consideration of under-served 
populations (children and racial/ethnic minorities), and to determine 
if the occurrence of fatiguing illness exhibits metropolitan, urban, 
and rural differences. Prevalence estimates from this proposed cross-
sectional study of the U.S. population will be compared to those 
obtained for Sedgwick County to determine if the Sedgwick County 
findings can be generalized to the U.S. The total cost to the 
respondent is $0.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response (in    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)           hours
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Screener interview..............................          51,000               1           0.083           4,233
Telephone interview.............................          12,500               1            0.25           3,125
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           7,358
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    Dated: October 25, 1999.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-28304 Filed 10-28-99; 8:45 am]
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