[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18569-18570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07391]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Recruitment and 
Screening for the Insight Into Determination of Exceptional Aging and 
Longevity (IDEAL) Study (NIA)

    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), 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.
    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.
    To Submit Comments and for Further Information: To obtain a copy of 
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, 
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: Luigi 
Ferrucci, M.D., Ph.D., NIA Clinical Research Branch, Harbor Hospital, 
5th Floor 3001 S. Hanover, Baltimore, MD 21225 or call non-toll-free 
number (410) 350-3936 or Email your request, including your address to: 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.
    Comment 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.
    Proposed Collection: Recruitment and Screening for the Insight into 
Determination of Exceptional Aging and Longevity (IDEAL) Study--(0925-
0631). Reinstatement with Change--National Institute on Aging (NIA), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: Longevity combined with 
good health and functionality at the end of life represents a common 
goal. Although research has examined correlates of long life and 
functional decline, we still know relatively little about why certain 
individuals live in excellent health into their eighties while others 
succumb to failing health at much younger ages. Understanding the 
mechanisms important to ideal aging may provide new opportunity for 
health promotion and disability prevention is this rapidly growing 
segment of the population.
    The purpose of IDEAL (Insight into the Determinants of Exceptional 
Aging and Longevity) is to recruit into the Baltimore Longitudinal 
Study on Aging (BLSA) exceptionally long lived and healthy individuals 
and to learn what makes them so resilient and resistant to disease and 
disability, and to identify potential interventions that may contribute 
to the IDEAL condition. By enrolling the IDEAL cohort in the BLSA their 
biologic, physiologic, behavioral and functional characteristics will 
be evaluated using the same methods used with the current cohort who 
will serve as a type of control group. The first aim is to identify 
factors and characteristics that distinguish IDEAL from non-IDEAL 
individuals. We intend to compare the two groups to identify factors 
that discriminate IDEAL aging from non-IDEAL aging individuals. The 
second aim is to identify physiological, environmental and behavioral 
characteristics that are risk factors for losing the IDEAL condition 
over several years or longer. We postulate that the mechanisms of 
extreme longevity probably differ from those associated with delay or 
escape from disease and disability. As is customary in the BLSA, we 
plan to follow this cohort for life with yearly visits. This is a 
request for OMB clearance to continue to recruit and screen respondents 
into the Recruitment and Screening for the Insight into Determination 
of Exceptional Aging and Longevity (IDEAL) Study over the next 3 years.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to the 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 263.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Estimated       Number of     Average time
      Type of respondent            Form name      annual number   responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                  of respondents    respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Individuals...................  Recruitment                  500               1           10/60              83
                                 Phone Screen
                                 Part 1.
Individuals...................  Recruitment                  200               1           10/60              33
                                 Phone Screen
                                 Part 2.
Individuals...................  Pre-Visit                    100               1           10/60              17
                                 mailing/Consent.
Individuals...................  Screening Exam                65               1               2             130
                                 Visit.
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    Dated: March 25, 2014.
Jessica Schwartz,
NIA Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-07391 Filed 4-1-14; 8:45 am]
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