[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21126]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Women's Health and Aging
Study--Telephone Follow-up
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: Women's Health and Aging Study--Telephone
Follow-up. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision. Need and
Use of Information Collection: This proposed study is designed to
obtain additional data on women (previously examined in the Women's
Health and Aging Study, OMB No. 0925-0376, expiration 8/31/97) through
telephone interviews with participants or their proxies 1 and 2 years
after their final in-home contacts. The Women's Health and Aging Study
(WHAS) is a community-based prospective epidemiologic study whose goal
is to study the causes and course of physical disability in the one-
third most disabled women living in the community. The main objective
of this additional data collection is to obtain information on
disability and nursing home admission that will serve as end points in
5-year prospective analyses. This information will be a valuable
addition to outcome data on death and hospital admissions that will be
obtained through linkage with the National Death Index and the Health
Care Financing Administration Medicare data base for this same period
of time. The variables collected in the follow-up telephone assessments
will provide important endpoints for a great many analyses that address
the primary goal of the study, evaluating factors related to the
progression of disability and need for long-term care. Frequency of
Response: Once a year. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type
of Respondents: Women age 68 and older. Estimated Number of
Respondents: 800; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2;
Average Burden Hours Per Response: .33; Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours Requested: 267. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated
at: $2,664. 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. Jack Guralnik, Chief Epidemiology and
Demography Office, Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, NIA,
NIH, Gateway Building, Room 3C309, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue MSC 9205,
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-1178 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
October 21, 1996.
Colleen Barros,
Executive Officer, NIA.
[FR Doc. 96-21126 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am]
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