[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18569-18570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07391]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Recruitment and
Screening for the Insight Into Determination of Exceptional Aging and
Longevity (IDEAL) Study (NIA)
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), 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.
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.
To Submit Comments and for Further Information: To obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing,
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: Luigi
Ferrucci, M.D., Ph.D., NIA Clinical Research Branch, Harbor Hospital,
5th Floor 3001 S. Hanover, Baltimore, MD 21225 or call non-toll-free
number (410) 350-3936 or Email your request, including your address to:
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and
instruments must be requested in writing.
Comment 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.
Proposed Collection: Recruitment and Screening for the Insight into
Determination of Exceptional Aging and Longevity (IDEAL) Study--(0925-
0631). Reinstatement with Change--National Institute on Aging (NIA),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: Longevity combined with
good health and functionality at the end of life represents a common
goal. Although research has examined correlates of long life and
functional decline, we still know relatively little about why certain
individuals live in excellent health into their eighties while others
succumb to failing health at much younger ages. Understanding the
mechanisms important to ideal aging may provide new opportunity for
health promotion and disability prevention is this rapidly growing
segment of the population.
The purpose of IDEAL (Insight into the Determinants of Exceptional
Aging and Longevity) is to recruit into the Baltimore Longitudinal
Study on Aging (BLSA) exceptionally long lived and healthy individuals
and to learn what makes them so resilient and resistant to disease and
disability, and to identify potential interventions that may contribute
to the IDEAL condition. By enrolling the IDEAL cohort in the BLSA their
biologic, physiologic, behavioral and functional characteristics will
be evaluated using the same methods used with the current cohort who
will serve as a type of control group. The first aim is to identify
factors and characteristics that distinguish IDEAL from non-IDEAL
individuals. We intend to compare the two groups to identify factors
that discriminate IDEAL aging from non-IDEAL aging individuals. The
second aim is to identify physiological, environmental and behavioral
characteristics that are risk factors for losing the IDEAL condition
over several years or longer. We postulate that the mechanisms of
extreme longevity probably differ from those associated with delay or
escape from disease and disability. As is customary in the BLSA, we
plan to follow this cohort for life with yearly visits. This is a
request for OMB clearance to continue to recruit and screen respondents
into the Recruitment and Screening for the Insight into Determination
of Exceptional Aging and Longevity (IDEAL) Study over the next 3 years.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to the
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 263.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Estimated Number of Average time
Type of respondent Form name annual number responses per per response Total annual
of respondents respondent (in hours) burden hours
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Individuals................... Recruitment 500 1 10/60 83
Phone Screen
Part 1.
Individuals................... Recruitment 200 1 10/60 33
Phone Screen
Part 2.
Individuals................... Pre-Visit 100 1 10/60 17
mailing/Consent.
Individuals................... Screening Exam 65 1 2 130
Visit.
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Dated: March 25, 2014.
Jessica Schwartz,
NIA Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-07391 Filed 4-1-14; 8:45 am]
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