[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-379]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NIH Toolbox for Assessment 
of Neurological and Behavioral Function

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 Institute on Aging 
(NIA), 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: NIH Toolbox for Assessment of 
Neurological and Behavioral Function. Type of Information Collection 
Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The overall goal 
of the NIH Toolbox project is to develop unified, integrated methods 
and measures of four domains of neurological and behavioral functioning 
(cognitive, emotional, motor and sensory) for use in large longitudinal 
or epidemiological studies where functioning is monitored over time. 
The current phase (``Norming''), will involve a large sample of 12,900 
for the purpose of establishing comparative norms. Existing recruitment 
databases will be randomly sampled and screened for household members' 
age, gender, race/ethnicity, education and primary language. The 
targeted population will be non-institutionalized U.S. residents, aged 
3-85, with 70% English-speaking and 30% Spanish-speaking. Frequency of 
Response: Once or twice (depending on subsample). Affected Public: 
Individuals. Type of Respondents: U.S. residents (persons aged 3-85 
years). The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 12,900; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1-2; 
Average Burden Hours per Response: 1.96; and Estimated Total Annual 
Burden Hours Requested: 29,700. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at: $414,375. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, 
and/or Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of        Average      total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response      requested
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                                                    Adults *
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Adult study participants, single assessment.....           3,150               1               3           9,450
Adult study participants, two assessments.......             750               2               3           4,500
Parent proxies for child participants, single              3,750               1             0.5           1,875
 assessment.....................................
Parent proxies for child participants, two                   750               2             0.5             750
 assessments....................................
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                                                    Children
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Single assessment...............................           3,750               1             2.5           9,375
Two assessments.................................             750               2             2.5           3,750
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    Totals......................................        * 12,900  ..............  ..............          29,700
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* Some adults may participate both as a study participant and as a parent proxy if their child is also a study
  participant.

    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 Eddie Billingslea, PhD, Division of Neuroscience, 
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 
350, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9205 or call non-toll-free number 301-
496-9350 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 4, 2011.
Melissa Fraczkowski,
National Institute on Aging, Project Clearance Liaison, National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-379 Filed 1-10-11; 8:45 am]
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