National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Proposed Collection; Comment Request, the Framingham Study

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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