[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3312-3313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-592]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; ActiGraph Accelerometer 
Validation 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 proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), 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: Actigraph Accelerometer Validation 
Study. Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The NCI is collaborating with other NIH 
Institutes on a proposed longitudinal study of Hispanic subpopulations 
in the United States referred to as the Hispanic Community Health 
Study. The Hispanic population is now the largest minority population 
in the U.S. with a projected three-fold growth by 2050. Hispanic 
subgroups are influenced by a number of chronic disease risk factors 
associated with immigration from different cultural settings and 
environments. These factors include diet, physical activity, community 
support, working conditions, and access to health care. Hispanic groups 
have higher rates of obesity and diabetes than non-Hispanic groups, but 
have lower coronary disease and cancer (all sites) mortality. There are 
also observed differences in health outcomes between Hispanic 
subgroups. For example, Puerto Ricans have a four-fold higher asthma 
prevalence than Mexican-Americans. Hispanic populations are 
understudied with respect to many diseases and risk factors. Their 
projected population growth underscores the need for accurate 
evaluation of their disease burden and risk. A vast amount of research 
suggests that the level of physical activity influences many of the 
chronic diseases and conditions of interest, including obesity, 
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. To better understand the 
relationship between physical activity and chronic disease, and to make 
specific activity prescriptions, it is necessary to be able to 
accurately assess levels and types of activity. In particular, better 
methods are needed to improve the validity and reliability of physical 
activity assessment instruments to better assess the frequency, 
duration, and intensity of physical activity. For that reason, NCI 
plans to evaluate the use of a new type of accelerometer, a small 
device worn on a belt at the waist that measures and records movement, 
capturing movement intensity and duration and associating it with 
clock-time. This new accelerometer will be used in the Hispanic 
Community Health Study and will allow examination of levels as well as 
patterns of activity. Physical activity was measured with 
accelerometers in the nationally representative 2003-2006 National 
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (OMB: 0920-
0237, October 15, 2004, Vol 69, pp. 61253-61254). NHANES provides 
estimates for Mexican-American, but not other Hispanic subgroups. 
Between the time of the NHANES and the Hispanic Community Health Study, 
there has been a change in the technology of the accelerometer used in 
NHANES. To allow comparison of the physical activity data that will be 
collected from the four Hispanic subgroups in the Hispanic Community 
Study to the data collected with the previous technology used in 
NHANES, a cross-validation study is needed. The proposed study, the 
ActiGraph Accelerometer Validation Study, will serve this purpose. It 
is a cross-validation study comparing the two ActiGraph accelerometer 
models under different circumstances of walking or jogging in differing 
age groups and for both genders. Frequency of response: One-time study. 
Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: Healthy adults 
between the ages of 18-74 years. The annual reporting burden is as 
follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 144; Estimated Number of 
Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours per Response: 1.5; 
and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 186. The annualized 
cost to respondents is estimated at: $3,288.

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                                                             Average time
      Data collection task          Number of    Frequency        per      Annual hour  Hourly wage    Cost to
                                  participants  of response    response       burden        rate       respond
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Screener........................           144            1          0.25           36       $17.68      $636.48
Height and weight...............           120            1          0.25           30        17.68       530.40
Accelerometer fitting...........           120            1          0.5            60        17.68     1,060.80
Walking track...................           120            1          0.5            60        17.68     1,060.80
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    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Richard Troiano, CDR, U.S. Public Health 
Service, Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch, Applied Research 
Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National 
Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 
20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-6822, or FAX your 
request to (301) 435-3710, 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 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: January 11, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E6-592 Filed 1-19-06; 8:45 am]
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