00-21608. Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

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Proposed Projects

National Telephone Survey of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Clinical Evaluation Study—New—National Center for Infectious Disease (NCID). In 1997, OMB approved the information collection “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Surveillance and Related Studies, Prevalence and Incidence of Fatiguing Illness in Sedgwick County, Kansas” under OMB Number 0920-0401. Data from this cross-sectional, random-digit-dial survey of prolonged fatiguing illness in Sedgwick County (Wichita), Kansas concluded that prolonged fatigue affects over 6 percent of the population, the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was 0.24 percent, and that CFS prevalence was highest in white females (0.36 percent).

The proposed study replicates the Sedgwick County study using identical methodology and data collection instruments. The study begins with a random-digit-dial telephone survey to identify fatigued and non-fatigued individuals followed by a detailed telephone interview to obtain additional data on participants' health status. Study objectives are to refine estimates of the magnitude of fatiguing illness and CFS in the United States, with special consideration of under-served populations (children and racial/ethnic minorities), and to determine if the occurrence of fatiguing illness exhibits metropolitan, urban, and rural differences. Prevalence estimates from this proposed cross-sectional study of the U.S. population will be compared to those obtained for Sedgwick County to determine if the Sedgwick County findings can be generalized to the U.S. The estimated total burden hours is 11,835.

Pilot Study and Telephone Component

Form name	No. of respondents	No. of responses/ respondent	Average burden/response (in hrs.)
Screening questionnaire:
Pilot	563	1	5/60
Telephone	66,000	1	5/60
Extended questionnaire
Pilot	100	1	25/60
Telephone	12,610	1	25/60

Clinic Component

Form name	No. of respondents	No. of responses/ respondent	Average burden/response (in hrs.)
Medical history questionnaire:
Adult	600	1	25/60
Medical history questionnaire:
Adolescent	15	1	30/60
Medical history questionnaire:
Parent of adolescent	15	1	30/60
Sleep disorders questionnaire:
Adults	600	1	7/60
Fatigue questionnaire:
Adults and adolescents	615	1	15/60
Fatigue questionnaire:
Parent of adolescent	15	1	15/60
SF-36 questionnaire:
Adult, adolescent, parent of adolescents	630	1	11/60
Diagnostic interview schedule:
Adult	600	1	45/60
Diagnostic interview schedule:
Parent version	15	1	45/60
Diagnostic interview schedule:
Child version	15	1	45/60

Dated: August 18, 2000.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).