[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71114-71115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31403]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The Atherosclerosis 
Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval 
of the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on July 14, 
2003, pages 41591-41592, and 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 National Institutes of 
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required 
to respond to, an information collection 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: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities 
Study (ARIC). Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a 
currently approved collection (OMB No. 0925-0281). Need and Use of 
Information Collection: This project involves annual follow-up by 
telephone of participants in the ARIC study, review of their medical 
records, and interviews with doctors and family to identify disease 
occurrence. Interviewers will contact doctors and hospitals to 
ascertain participants' cardiovascular events. 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 participants will be contacted 
annually. Affected Public: Individuals or households: Businesses or 
other for profit; Small Businesses or organizations. Type of 
Respondents: Middle aged and elderly adults; doctors and staff of 
hospitals and nursing homes. The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,640; Estimated Number of Responses 
per Respondent: 1.0;  Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.1667; and 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested; 6,865. The annualized 
cost to respondents is estimated at $25,808, assuming respondents' time 
at the rate of $16.50 per hour for family and patient respondents, and 
$75 per hour for physicians. There are no Capital Costs to report. 
There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

                                         Estimate of Annual Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Average time     Annual hour
                Type of response                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Participant Follow-up...........................          13,050             1.0          0.1667           6,525
Physician, hospital, nursing home staff \1\.....             180             1.0          0.2500             135
Participant's next-of-kin \1\...................             410             1.0          0.1667             205
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    Total.......................................          13,640             1.0  ..............          6,865
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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.


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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) 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, DC. 
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. Merle Myerson, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge 
Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-free number 
301-435-0707 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 within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: December 11, 2003.
Peter Savage,
Director, DECA, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 03-31403 Filed 12-19-03; 8:45 am]
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