[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 242 (Monday, December 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30967]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
    National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Clinical Validation Study 
of the Substance Dependence and Abuse Measures--(New)--The Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National 
Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly the National Household 
Survey on Drug Abuse, is a survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized 
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, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, other 
Federal government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to 
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate 
resources.
    From 2001-2003, the NSDUH plans a two-phase Clinical Validation 
Study of Substance Dependence and Abuse Measures. Specific aims are to 
achieve the best overarching format, and the best wording and ordering 
for the assessment questions. The goal is quicker administration time, 
improved validity, and reduced respondent burden.
    Half of all subject will be between 12 and 17, and half 18 years of 
age or older; subjects will be recruited from the Research Triangle and 
the Triad areas of North Carolina. In Phase 1, subjects, recruited 
through fliers and newspaper ads, will be asked (1) demographic 
information and (2) questions from two self-administered sections of 
the NSDUH questionnaire: questions about the quantity and frequency of 
use of drugs and alcohol, and questions about symptoms of substance 
dependence and abuse. A semi-structured clinical interview will then be 
administered to these same subjects by a trained clinician to determine 
the presence or absence of substance dependence and abuse. The clinical 
instruments used to assess subjects will be the substance abuse modules 
from the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) (for adults) 
and the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-
SADS ) (for those between 12 and 17 years of age). The correspondence 
of the diagnosis of substance dependence and abuse between the clinical 
and survey interview will then be compared.
    Information from Phase 1 will then be used to assess if a lack of 
correspondence exists between the clinical and survey measures. If 
there is a lack of sufficient correspondence, we will then examine 
reasons for any lack of correspondence, and make decisions about how to 
modify the NSDUH questions on substance dependence and abuse to achieve 
better correspondence. This information will then be used to develop a 
revised NSDUH substance dependence and abuse module.
    In Phase 2, a second clinical validation study will be conducted 
using the same procedures as Phase 1. This will allow a determination 
of the correspondence (kappa) between the revised diagnosis obtained 
from the NSDUH substance dependence and abuse module and the diagnosis 
from the structured clinical interviews. Final revisions to the survey 
instrument will be made based on findings from Phase 2. All decisions 
about final revisions to the module will balance the need for 
correspondence across different groups. The following table summarizes 
the total burden associated with this two-year project.

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Phase I:
    Screener only...............................             150               1             .08              12
    Screener and Interview......................             345               1             1.5             518
Phase II:
    Screener only...............................             300               1             .08              24
    Screener and Interview......................             595               1             1.5             892
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        Total...................................           1,390  ..............  ..............           1,446
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Annual Average..................................             695  ..............  ..............             723
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Lauren Wittenberg, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 11, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-30967 Filed 12-14-01; 8:45 am]
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