[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62544-62545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25641]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; the Atherosclerosis Risk in
Communities Study (ARIC)
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 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
Study (ARIC). Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection (OMB NO. 0925-0281). Need and Use of
Information Collection: ARIC will conduct a clinical examination of the
cohort over a 24-month period (May 2011 to April 2013). In addition,
this project involves biennual follow-up by telephone of participants
in the ARIC study, review of their medical records, and interviews with
doctors and family to identify disease occurrence. Interviewers will
contact doctors and hospitals to ascertain participants' cardiovascular
events. 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
participants will be contacted bi-annually for follow-up. A subset of
the cohort may choose to volunteer for the clinical examination; these
individually will be contacted once in a 3 year period. Affected
Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other for profit;
Small businesses or organizations. Type of Respondents: Individuals or
households; doctors and staff of hospitals and nursing homes. The
annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents:
12,673; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.7; Average
Burden Hours Per Response: 0.5916; and Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours Requested: 20,434. The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at $355,882, assuming
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respondents time at the rate of $17.00 per hour and physician time at
the rate of $75.00 per hour. There are no Capital Costs to report.
There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
Table A.12.1 Estimates of Hour Burden
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Estimated
Estimated number of Average Estimated total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per burden hours burden hours requested
respondents respondent per response
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Participants......................... 10,933 3 0.6165 20220.6.
Physician (or coroner) (for CHD)..... 420 1 0.1667 70.
Physician (for heart failure)........ 920 1 0.0833 76.6.
Participants' next of kin............ 400 1 0.1667 66.7.
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Totals........................... 12,673 .............. .............. 20433.9 or 20434.
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Note: Reported and calculated numbers differ slightly due to rounding.
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. Hanyu Ni, Project Officer, NIH, NHLBI, 6701
Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-
free number (301) 435-0448 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: October 6, 2010.
Suzanne Freeman,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
Michael Lauer,
Director, DCVS, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-25641 Filed 10-8-10; 8:45 am]
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