[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-379]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NIH Toolbox for Assessment
of Neurological and Behavioral Function
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: NIH Toolbox for Assessment of
Neurological and Behavioral Function. Type of Information Collection
Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The overall goal
of the NIH Toolbox project is to develop unified, integrated methods
and measures of four domains of neurological and behavioral functioning
(cognitive, emotional, motor and sensory) for use in large longitudinal
or epidemiological studies where functioning is monitored over time.
The current phase (``Norming''), will involve a large sample of 12,900
for the purpose of establishing comparative norms. Existing recruitment
databases will be randomly sampled and screened for household members'
age, gender, race/ethnicity, education and primary language. The
targeted population will be non-institutionalized U.S. residents, aged
3-85, with 70% English-speaking and 30% Spanish-speaking. Frequency of
Response: Once or twice (depending on subsample). Affected Public:
Individuals. Type of Respondents: U.S. residents (persons aged 3-85
years). The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of
Respondents: 12,900; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1-2;
Average Burden Hours per Response: 1.96; and Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours Requested: 29,700. The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at: $414,375. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs,
and/or Maintenance Costs to report.
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Average total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per burden hours burden hours
respondents respondent per response requested
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Adults *
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Adult study participants, single assessment..... 3,150 1 3 9,450
Adult study participants, two assessments....... 750 2 3 4,500
Parent proxies for child participants, single 3,750 1 0.5 1,875
assessment.....................................
Parent proxies for child participants, two 750 2 0.5 750
assessments....................................
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Children
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Single assessment............................... 3,750 1 2.5 9,375
Two assessments................................. 750 2 2.5 3,750
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Totals...................................... * 12,900 .............. .............. 29,700
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* Some adults may participate both as a study participant and as a parent proxy if their child is also a study
participant.
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 Eddie Billingslea, PhD, Division of Neuroscience,
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite
350, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9205 or call non-toll-free number 301-
496-9350 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: January 4, 2011.
Melissa Fraczkowski,
National Institute on Aging, Project Clearance Liaison, National
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-379 Filed 1-10-11; 8:45 am]
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