[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 149 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43289-43290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15126]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities Under Emergency Review
by the Office of Management and Budget
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) has submitted the following request (see below) for emergency
OMB review under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
OMB approval has been requested by October 12, 2007. A copy of the
information collection plans may be obtained by calling the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Title: 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health--(OMB No. 0930-
0110).
OMB Number: 0930-0110.
Frequency: Annual.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly the
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), is a survey of the
civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States 12
years old and older. The data are used to determine the prevalence of
use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use
of prescription drugs. The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal
government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate
resources.
This Federal Register notice is revised to reflect additional
information that will be collected for the 2008 NSDUH. At the request
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), additional
questions are being developed to measure marijuana consumption in the
general population. This information could be useful in evaluating drug
control programs, as discussed in ``Informing America's Policy on
Illegal Drugs: What We Don't Know Keeps Hurting Us,'' a report by the
National Research Council.
Since the first Federal Register notice (published on May 3, 2007),
a condensed version of the 16-item World Health Organization Disability
Assessment Scale (WHO-DAS) has also been proposed for the Mental Health
Module. A series of analyses was performed which examined the
measurement properties of the 16-item scale with the goal of reducing
the scale to a condensed version. [Item Response Analyses of the World
Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS), SAMHSA,
2007 (unpublished)] These analyses resulted in an 8-item scale which
captures the information represented in the full scale. The questions
for recruiting respondents for the follow-up clinical interview have
also been revised to include a request for the respondent's e-mail
address.
The Notice that was published on May 3, 2007 included the following
information for the 2008 NSDUH. Additional questions are being planned
regarding suicide ideation and impairment from mental health issues. An
embedded split-sample study is being planned to determine which one of
two mental health disability scales to include in future NSDUH survey
years. The two disability scales will be evaluated by using the SCID-I/
NP as a follow-up interview with a subsample of respondents.
Other questionnaire changes include deletion of questions about
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Katrina and Rita, adoption of a reduced set of income questions which
were tested in 2006 and 2007, and routing of Adderall, Ambien,
Ketamine, DMT, AMT, ``Foxy'' and salvia divinorum users into the
questions on drug dependence and abuse.
As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys conducted since 1999, the sample
size of the survey for 2008 will be sufficient to permit prevalence
estimates for each of the fifty States and the District of Columbia.
The respondent burden will remain at 60 minutes per interview. The
total annual burden estimate is shown below:
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Number of Average burden
Activity Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent respondent hours
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Household Screening............................. 182,250 1 .083 15,127
Interview....................................... 67,500 1 1.0 67,500
Clinical Follow-up Certification................ 150 1 1.0 150
Clinical Follow-up.............................. 1,500 1 1.0 1,500
Screening Verification.......................... 5,494 1 .067 368
Interview Verification.......................... 10,125 1 .067 678
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Total....................................... 182,250 .............. .............. 85,323
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Emergency approval is being requested because ONDCP has asked
SAMHSA to add questions to measure marijuana consumption in the general
population. Because of these additional questions, this Federal
Register notice is a revision from the one that was published on May 3,
2007.
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
John Kraemer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503; due to potential delay in OMB's receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.
Dated: July 31, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
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