[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33911]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request, the Framingham 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 Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (NHLBI), 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: The Framingham Study.
Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection (OMB NO. 0925-0216).
Need and Use of Information Collection: This project involves
physical examination and testing of the surviving members of the
original Framingham Study cohort and the surviving members of the
offspring cohort. Investigators will contact doctors, hospitals, and
nursing homes to ascertain participants' cardiovascular events
occurring outside the study clinic. 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 cohort participants respond every two
years; the offspring participants respond every four years.
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: 2,865;
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3,398;
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.6321; and
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 6,154.
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $61,540,
assuming respondents time at the rate of $10 per hour. There are no
Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Estimate of Hour Burden
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Frequency Average Annual
Type of response Number of of time per hour
respondents response response burden
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Framingham Original Cohort.. 340 3,912 0.3496 465
Framingham Offspring Cohort. 1,267 5,642 0.7300 5,218
Physician, hospital, nursing 629 1.0 0.6700 421
home staff 1...............
Framingham next-of-kin1..... 629 1.0 0.0800 50
Total................... 2,865 -- -- 6,154
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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 occurring outside the Framingham examining clinic.
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
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact Dr. Paul
Sorlie, Project Officer, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934,
Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0456 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 on or before February 28, 2000.
Dated: December 14, 1999.
Lawrence Friedman,
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications.
[FR Doc. 99-33911 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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