[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 133 (Thursday, July 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39786-39787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15616]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-New (10-21085a-e(NR))]


Agency Information Collection Activities (Prevalence and Clinical 
Course of Depression Among Patients with Heart Failure) Under OMB 
Review

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the 
collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and 
burden and includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 11, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through http://www.Regulations.gov; or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-New (10-21085a-e(NR))'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Records Management 
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, fax (202) 273-0443 or e-mail 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-New 
(10-21085a-e(NR)).''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Prevalence and Clinical Course of Depression Among Patients 
with Heart Failure, VA HSR&D, Nursing Research Initiative No. 05-209-3, 
VA Form 10-21085a-e(NR).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-New (10-21085a-e(NR)).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The forms will be used to evaluate the prevalence of 
clinical depression and depressive symptoms among veterans with heart 
failure during periods of hospitalization and out patient care. The 
data will be used to identify the patterns of depression and to 
understand the temporal relationship between clinical depression, 
alterations in physical functions, and levels of circulating 
biochemical markers in heart failure patients.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on April 28, 2008 at page 23009.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,362.
    a. VA Form 10-21085a(NR)--18 hours.
    b. VA Form 10-21085b(NR)--109 hours.
    c. VA Form 10-21085c(NR)--872 hours.
    d. VA Form 10-21085d(NR)--218 hours.
    e. VA Form 10-21085e(NR)--145 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent:
    a. VA Form 10-21085a(NR)--5 minutes.
    b. VA Form 10-21085b(NR)--5 minutes.
    c. VA Form 10-21085c(NR)--40 minutes.
    d. VA Form 10-21085d(NR)--10 minutes.
    e. VA Form 10-21085e(NR)--10 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,014.

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    a. VA Form 10-21085a(NR)--218.
    b. VA Form 10-21085b(NR)--1,308.
    c. VA Form 10-21085c(NR)--1,308.
    d. VA Form 10-21085d(NR)--1,308.
    e. VA Form 10-21085e(NR)--872.

    Dated: June 30, 2008.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Records Management Service.
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